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Author Message   Milin  Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 11:48 am EST :    We can often meet a mystery aff. in plants' names eg. Begonia aff. pedatifida Does it mean : Begonia perhaps pedatifida ? Milin - Pomorze, Zone "5a"   Kasia  Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 - 03:33 pm EST :    I found this (and learned something new along the way ): The term affinis (or sp. aff = species affinis) is used when the identity of a distinct biological species is unknown but it has a striking similarity or close relation with a known species. (eg: Trichocaulon aff. flavum, means a distinct species of Trichocaulon which is similar or has affinity with T. flavum but is NOT T. flavum, but a related species not exactly identical to it. Kasia - Ontario, Zone "5b"   Milin  Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 01:30 am EST :    Kasiu, thank you very much for your exhausting explanation. So my example means: Begonia aff. pedatifida = Begonia very similar and perhaps even relative to pedatifida Milin - Pomorze, Zone "5a"

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