RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Ledebour [vols 1-4] Proportions of var: species in Larger & Smaller. CUL-DAR16.115-118. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Text prepared and edited by John van Wyhe. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR15.2 contains calculations and tables for Darwin's 'big book' Natural Selection F1583.

Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von. 1842-1853. Flora Rossica, sive enumeratio plantarum in totius imperii Rossici provinciis Europaeis, Asiaticis et Americanis hujusque observatarum. 4 vols. Stuttgart.


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Ledebour Vol I.    Proportions on Var. species in Larger & smaller gen

Genera with 10 & upwards

Genera with 9 & downwads

207 number of var. &c [÷] 1237 no' of species. [=] 167/1000 (Q)

62 [÷] 576 [=] 107/1000 (Q)

294 no' of var. [÷] 207 no' of sp. having vars. [=] 1.420 average vars. to each species (Q)

82 [÷] 62 [=] 1.322 (Q)

Vol 2

 

192 [÷] 1243 [=] 154/1000 (Q)

X 94 [÷] 756 767 [=] 124/1000 X

 

94 [÷] 767 [=] .122 (Q)

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Ledebour    Vol. 2. cont:    Proportion of 1 vars. to sp. in large & small gen

Genera with 10 sp & up .

Genera with 9 & down

300 no' of vars. [÷] 192 sp. with vars [=] 1.562    Q

127 [÷] 94 [=] 1.3451 1.351    Q

Vol. 3.

 

 

 

171sp. having vars [÷] 171 905 no species [=] 190 188/1000    (Q)

X 94 [÷] 589 [+] 6 [=] 595 595 [=] 159/1000 X

 

94 [÷] 595 [=] 1.587    (Q)

 

 

256n'. of vars [÷] 171sp. have vars [=] 1.497 1.496 1.497    (Q)

141 [÷] 94 [=] 1.4500 1.500    (Q)

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   Ledebour.    Vol 4.    Proportion of vars. to species in large & smll gen

Genera with 10 & up.

Genera with 9 & down

122 sp. having vars . [÷] 570 no of sp. [=] .214/1000    (Q)

57 [÷] 470 [=] .121/1000    Q

 

 

177n' of vars. [÷] 122sp having vars. [=] 1.450    (Q)

78 [÷] 57 [=] 1.368    (Q)

All 4 Vols. together

 

 

 

692 sp. having vars. [÷] 3955 no' of sp. [=] .174/1000    (Q)

X 307 [÷] 2391 2407 [=] .128/1000 X

 

307 [÷] 2407 [=] .127    (Q)

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   Ledebour    all 4 Vols together : proport. of Vars. to sp.

Genera with 10 & upwards.

Genera with 9 & under

438 [÷] 307 [=]

 

1027 no' of vars. [÷] 692 n' of sp. having vars [=] 1.484

428 [÷] 307 [=] 1.394    (Q)



Labiatae in vol. 3 of Ledebour.

Large genera (6) have 107, with 19 species presenting 28 vars.—

Small genera (32 genera) have 120 sp. with 19 sp. varying with 35 vars

 

 

19 [÷] 107 [=] .177/1000

19 [÷] 120 [=] .158/1000

 

 

28 no' of vars. [÷] 19 [=] 1.473

35 [÷] 19 [=] 1.842


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