What´s a subspecies was: Species Concept Question

[Dirk Albach]

This seems to me the primary question of the discussion:

>  -- I might just have to choose a definition of "subspecies"
> that reflects how I think that taxonomic rank should be used (i.e., two or
> more clearly distinct geographic variants, worthy of nomenclatural
> recognition, but which show evidence that evolutionary lineages may only
> be temporary -- an island in the river, as opposed to a fork in the
river).

Maybe it is just my opinion from a plant perspective that I don´t have a
problem with two species exchanging genes. At least for me, subspecies are
geographically separated but not clearly morphologically distinct.

Dirk

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Dr. Dirk Albach
Institut für Botanik der Universität Wien
Rennweg 14
1030 Wien
Austria

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