Hello all,
I was wondering about the usefulness of geographic distribution as a factor for determining taxonomic boundaries.
For example, to differentiate between Paph. appletonianum var. appletonianum and Paph. appletonianum var. hainanense. If not for var. hainanense occuring only on Hainan Island, I'm not sure these two taxa would warrant separation.
--Stephen
I was wondering about the usefulness of geographic distribution as a factor for determining taxonomic boundaries.
For example, to differentiate between Paph. appletonianum var. appletonianum and Paph. appletonianum var. hainanense. If not for var. hainanense occuring only on Hainan Island, I'm not sure these two taxa would warrant separation.
--Stephen