“…There have been many recent studies of natural polyploid complexes, where either unilateral or bilateral sexual polyploidization has been proposed, as the mechanism of origin (Gadella, 1988;Shoemaker-Megalos & Ballington, 1988;Negri & Veronesi, 1989;Ness, Soltis & Soltis, 1989;Bringhurst, 1990;Lumaret & Barrientos, 1990;Orjeda et al, 1990;Van Dijk & Van Delden, 1990;Jay et al, 1991;Shore, 1991;Rabe & Haufier, 1992). The analysis of allopolyploidization, including all the intermediates between the extreme categories of auto-and allopolyploidization (see Stebbins, 1947;Lewis, 1980) suggest that the production of 2n gametes may have played a role in the creation of new polyploids by hybridization (see Dodson & Dodson, 1976;Briggs & Walters, 1984;Eckenwalder & Brown, 1986).…”