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[โ€“] RadicalEagle 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Obviously life will refuse to be neatly classified, but that doesn't mean people smarter than us won't still try to do it in order to better understand the world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

... yes? Did you not read your own link? There are several definitions of "species" offered. Go have a look at how this applies to Cannabis and perhaps you will get my point.