RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Koch / Genera with 7 sp[ecies] & upwards / Genera with 6 & down. CUL-DAR16.140. (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.


140

(Koch.)

Genera with 7 sp. & upwards.

Genera with 6 & down

390 sp. with vars. [÷] 2093 → [=] .186 (Q)

162 sp. with vars [÷] 1365 [=] .1128 (Q)

Proportion of vars. to species

771 [÷] 390 [=] 1.720 (Q)

291 [÷] 162 [=] 1.796 (Q)


(Only Dicotyledonous :

Genera with 11 sp & upwards.

Genera with 10- to 5 both included

257 sp. having vars [÷] 1216 → [=] .211/1000 (Q)

114 sp. hvg var [÷] 683 → [=] .166/1000(Q)

Proportion of Vars to species

512no' of vars [÷] 257no. of species [=] 1.992 (Q)

223 [÷] 114 [=] 1.956 (Q)


Goulds Birds of Australia Range

Genera with 4 sp & upwards.

Genera with 3, 2, 1

553 N' of Provinces. [÷] 300 [=] 1.843 (Q)

511 [÷] 228 [=] 2.24 [-] 1.84 [=] 4/10 , 0/5 4/50 1/12. (Q)

 


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