Fwd: Re: Curious centaureae case

Chris J. Durden drdn at mail.utexas.edu
Thu Apr 26 12:50:20 EDT 2001


>Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:46:48 -0500
>To: Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
>From: "Chris J. Durden" <drdn at mail.utexas.edu>
>Subject: Re: Curious centaureae case
>
>My understanding has been that *centaureae* is a dry tundra species and 
>*freija* is a bog species. I have found *freija* in the field but not yet 
>seen *centaureae*. The southern *loki* can occur on wet or dry tundra, may 
>be a distinct species but is structurally closest to *freija*. The 
>southern *wyandot* is a quite distinct species of pine barren and 
>fire-heath habitat east of the Appalachians.
>................Chris Durden
>
>At 08:19 AM 4/26/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>>As a result of starting to dig into the literature on the nominal species
>>Pyrgus centaureae; I find myself uncomfortable with the idea that North
>>American taxa should even be considered as the same species.  What I have
>>seen to date suggests distinct species status.  If anyone is aware of
>>published or unpublished reasons or evidence as to why we should recognize
>>Pyrgus centaureae as being present in North America; please drop me a line.
>>Thank you.
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>Norbert Kondla  P.Biol., RPBio.
>>Forest Ecosystem Specialist, Ministry of Environment
>>845 Columbia Avenue, Castlegar, British Columbia V1N 1H3
>>Phone 250-365-8610
>>Mailto:Norbert.Kondla at gems3.gov.bc.ca
>>http://www.env.gov.bc.ca
>>
>>
>>
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