Syngameon

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Syngameon refers to groups of

white oaks of the Eastern United States.[2][4] Hybridization within a syngameon is typically not equally distributed among species and few species often dominate patterns of hybridization.[3]

Pattern of hybridization in the Pacific iris syngameon. Solid lines indicate natural hybridization is common. Dashed lines indicate that natural hybridization is rare. Iris thompsonii is a hybrid species.[1]

The term syngameon comes from the root word syngamy coined by

Relationship of coenospecies to ecospecies, ecotype, and ecophene[5]

Coenospecies

The terms coenospecies and syngameons are both used to describe clusters of lineages that are morphologically distinct and lack strong isolation mechanisms.

fertile offspring.[7]

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