What is a species?

11/6/98


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What is a species?

Basics of Taxonomy:

Biological Species Concept (BSC):

Importance of BSC:

Problems with the BSC (from a botanist’s point of view):

Other problems with BSC:

Evolutionary Species Concept:

Evolutionary Species Concept:

Phylogenetic Species Concept

Monophyletic Species Concept:

Problems with the Monophyletic Species Concept:

Summary:

Infraspecific categories:

Cultivars:

Author: Susan

Email: mal8@cornell.edu

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