Talk:Ramonda heldreichii
Latest comment: 5 years ago by The Rambling Man in topic "Range"
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"Range" edit
Does most of its range is inside the Olympus National Park mean that this is where you could find the plant? The Rambling Man (talk) 18:20, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
- Anyone? I'd be really interested in the answer. The Rambling Man (talk) 06:22, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- A plant's range is the part of the world in which it grows. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:28, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ok, so in this case, not just on Mount Olympus, but across the Olympus National Park? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:36, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- As I understand it, it has been found growing on certain areas of Mount Olympus and Mount Olympus is wholly inside the national park. I am just going out so cannot check this further now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:57, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ah, but if the range is the national park then it isn't limited to Mount Olympus. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:12, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- I don't know the precise boundaries of the National Park, but the IUCN site states "Most of the population of the plant is included in the National Forest Park of Olympos", and I don't know the boundaries for this either. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:28, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- That's all I need, thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:30, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- I don't know the precise boundaries of the National Park, but the IUCN site states "Most of the population of the plant is included in the National Forest Park of Olympos", and I don't know the boundaries for this either. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:28, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ah, but if the range is the national park then it isn't limited to Mount Olympus. The Rambling Man (talk) 09:12, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- As I understand it, it has been found growing on certain areas of Mount Olympus and Mount Olympus is wholly inside the national park. I am just going out so cannot check this further now. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:57, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- Ok, so in this case, not just on Mount Olympus, but across the Olympus National Park? The Rambling Man (talk) 08:36, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
- A plant's range is the part of the world in which it grows. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:28, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
Orthography/spelling edit
The original, and correct, spelling of the genus name is Jancaea. The later commonly (and for many years universally) accepted spelling "Jankaea" was proposed to be conserved but the proposal was rejected. See these references:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36154145#page/5/mode/1up (original publication)
https://pdfslide.net/documents/714-proposal-to-conserve-the-spelling-jankaea-gesneriaceae.html
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1223313.pdf
http://legacy.tropicos.org/name/40033017