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Post by gregallan on Nov 6, 2013 15:03:00 GMT
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Post by kiwiearl on Nov 6, 2013 19:11:41 GMT
Thanks for providing this reference Greg. Very interesting.
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Post by Apoplast on Nov 6, 2013 22:04:02 GMT
Hi Greg - Thanks for posting that! A quick search of herbarium specimen records suggests that you are correct, that population is at a higher latitude than any other carnivorous plants species - and the only species known on Svalbard.
Although given this recent find, it's possible there are other populations of the arctic species just waiting to be discovered. However, I can't imagine that there's a long line of people waiting to canvas the arctic to find unknown populations of species we already know. I'd be really shocked if someone came across a new to science species of CP in the arctic. That would be neat.
The good news is that I imagine between the population's isolation and the global seed vault being on the same island, that population is probably pretty secure currently.
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