From: Larry Levine                                     26 Sep 94  03:29
To  : All                                            
Subj: POLYPLOIDY

   the % polyploid species among the vascular plants in selected regions

        REGION                 % POLYPLOID

        West Africa                 26
        Northern Sahara             38
        Great Britain               53
        Iceland                     66
        Greenland                   71
        Northern Greenland          86

        (from a table widely reproduced in textbooks, originally from
        a 1966 paper by J.K.Morton)