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Gang Gang #Cockatoos are often seen in the Brown Stringybark #Eucalyptus baxteri

#Grevillea Royal Mantle (Photo thanks Ian Evans )

Australian Admiral #Butterfly on #Kunzea ambigua

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Andy McKay Feb 3, 2023

“Here we present the results of a genotyping by sequencing study with 1,361 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), sampling 48 populations representing four Kunzea species from South Island and southern North Island. The SNP study confirms the microsatellite findings: the two widespread species, K. robusta and K. serotina, are indistinguishable and share northern and southern genotypes with other species.”

#Botany #Kunzea #Kanuka

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0028825X.2022.2162427?journalCode=tnzb20

Genotypic variation, phylogeography, unified species concept, and the ‘grey zone’ of taxonomic uncertainty in kānuka: recognition of Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. sens. lat. (Myrtaceae)

In vascular plant systematics there are sometimes conflicts between phenotypic and ecotypic variation and genetic differentiation that challenge species concepts, introduce taxonomic confusion, and...

Taylor & Francis

Graham Palmer Jan 6, 2023

I was trying to get a good shot of Burgan blossom (Kunzea) when this Hover Fly landed - and pretended to be a native bee.
#Photography #Wildflower #Macro #HoverFly #Burgan #Kunzea #StreetsOfMelbourne #Belgrave #FlowersOfMastodon