Re: Anthocyanin free Darlingtonia - nomenclature

From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
Date: Wed Jan 14 1998 - 10:19:31 PST

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Date:          Wed, 14 Jan 1998 10:19:31 
From: SCHLAUER@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject:       Re: Anthocyanin free Darlingtonia - nomenclature

Dear Wim,

> So you are not in favour of the name "S. purpurea purpurea f.
> heterophylla" neither, unless of course the lack of anthocyanin would
> give this plant a certain benefit. I did notice with Dionaea that
> greener plants grow bigger than the redder ones.

_S. p. heterophylla_ does apparently have a range that is partially
independent from (but still within the total range of) the typical
form. If it was a mere colour mutant, I would not accept it as a
taxon.

Kind regards
Jan

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