ochlospeciesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

ochlospecies (複数形 ochlospecies)

1. (taxonomy) A taxonomic species concept characterized by large amounts of variation that is not correlated with geography or ecology; usually geographically widespread and having variants that may be consistently distinguishable locally but not globally.
   • 1998, Camilla R. Huxley, Chorology, Taxonomy and Ecology of the Floras of Africa and Madagascar:

     Ochlospecies are usually geographically and ecologically widespread, occurring in several climatic and vegetation zones ('ecological かつ chorological transgressors' of White ).

   • 2011, Walter Carson, Tropical Forest Community Ecology:

     The existence of “swarms” of related species or subspecies with near-complete combinations of morphological traits (“ochlospecies”; White 1962, Cronk 1999) may indicate that the terminal phylogenetic structure of some tropical tree lineages may actually be highly reticulate.