I think it is a lot cheaper to look at your map than to send a sample for DNA analysis! Both should accomplish the same thing. In the days before DNA sequencing, of course, you had no options to using your maps. Jim Shields At 11:06 AM 10/30/2012 -0700, you wrote: >Dylan wrote > > > A locality would be of great help, hence the value > > in obtaining and keeping such data wherever possible. > >Reminds me of a funny story. I was in Mexico and asked somebody >knowledgeable what species of Beaucarnea we were seeing. He is not a >succulent specialist, but he replied that he had been to the same spot >with, and had asked the same question of, a Beaucarnea specialist. The >Beaucarnea specialist replied, "Where are we?" > >Leo Martin >Phoenix Arizona USA ************************************************* Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W