Variation within a Species... Posters!

[mcmcnair]

I will be giving a lecture at the upcoming ICPS conference on Sarracenia and part of my lecture is discussing the definition of a species and how much variation is allowed within a species before a plant needs to be split into a new species. Too often people get the idea that a species, subspecies, variety, and even form must look like a particular picture they have in their head or perhaps saw on the internet. For example: Nepenthes robcantleyi and this dare I say it, infamous photo

So to challenge this idea that a species, subspecies, variety, or form MUST look like the picture in your head I have created these handy posters which I hope will be available to buy in the near future. As I create more I will post previews of them here.








The rows are as follows for the S. purpurea complex poster from top to bottom: Row 1 S. purpurea ssp. venosa, Row 2: S. purpurea ssp. montana, Row 3: S. purpurea ssp. venosa, Row 4: S. purpurea ssp. burkii, Row 5: S. purpurea ssp. venosa

And yes I meant the names as I said them above. I am of the opinion that there are no varieties of S. purpurea only subspecies and that includes S. rosea.

Enjoy!

 

[Cthulhu138]

Great posters ! Any chance that you'd like to give a presentation at this falls NECPS show ? We're currently looking for speakers.

 

[mcmcnair]

i'd like to but i cant afford to travel up there right now. Ask closer to the date and I'll let you know

 

[Cthulhu138]

Cool. It's a little later than normal this year. Oct. 4- 5.