Speciation

Speciation the evolutionary process of a wild population becoming a new distinct species.

forming a basic biological discipline involving during its Linnean period the firm establishment of binomial nomenclature and acceptance of the static concept of fixity of the species, during its Darwinian period the dynamic concept of speciation by ...

Over the last decade, scientists-noting the high number of columbine species (and also struck by their array of fancy floral spurs)-began to ask whether there is a connection between spurs and high rates of speciation in plants. Dr. Scott A.

See also: Variety, Habitat, Flower, Plant, Taxon