I just read @DavidLowry 's excellent 2012 review of the evolution of the #ecotype concept, from Turesson and Clausen, Keck and Hiesey through Stebbins, Grant, Raven, Levin, Wu, Mallet, Schemske, and the early genomic era.

A good reference if you are interested in how #biosystematics connects to modern studies of plant #speciation and #species concepts.

#botany #plants #taxonomy #systematics

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01867.x

Ecotypes and the controversy over stages in the formation of new species

Abstract. Recent interest in the role of ecology in species formation has led to renewed discussion of the stages in the process of speciation. Although attempt

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@andrewlhipp thanks Andrew. I greatly appreciate this post.
@DavidLowry I greatly appreciated the paper. Take care.
@andrewlhipp @DavidLowry indeed this paper is excellent, so much in line with the issues of species delimitation raised by genome-wide data. Considering that speciation can reverse up to a point is stimulating.