syngameonn.
/sɪnˈɡamiːən/ Genetics.
A cluster of species and subspecies between the members of which natural hybridization occurs.
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1922 J. P. Lotsy in Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1921 453 Nature consists of individuals; similar individuals form syngameons, and these have been mistaken for species.
1930 Svensk Bot. Tidskr. XXIV. 386 I have..used Lotsy's term ‘syngameon’ in a rather wide sense, i.e. as a..handy term for any intercrossing population not divided by distinct lines or zones of discontinuity.
1970 Brittonia XXII. 335 We realized that syngameon complexes..were currently contributing to the establishment of additional tetraploid populations in neighbouring areas.
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