Re: N. carunculata
Jan Schlauer (zxmsl01@studserv.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de)
Fri, 4 Jun 93 11:07:43 +0200
Rick,
I, too was at first quite convinced by the striking shape of "typical"
_N.eymai_, but even at the type locality of that species, not all indi-
viduals are as far away from _N.maxima_ as these popular extreme forms.
Especieally the fact that both forms occur at the same location frequent-
ly plus numerous connecting intermediate individuals let the borderline
between them collapse. Additionally, _N.eymai_-like plants were found in
Borneo recently. So finally, there is no single stable character to sepa-
rate the two, and they are *not* separated geographically (i.e. tey are
not even subspecies but just synonyms).
Kind regards
Jan