Re: Nepenthes madagascariensis

Andreas Wistuba (A.Wistuba@dkfz-heidelberg.de)
Mon, 21 Mar 1994 10:29:05 GMT+1

>... colonized in prehistoric times by Indonisian
> seafarers. It seems to me that this raises the possibility that
>Nepenthes
> were brought to the island some thousands of years ago. This is a
>very
> different model for the origin of the species on the island than the
> "continental drift" model discussed by Kurata for example. Does
>anyone
> know of the recent scientific thought on this matter?
>

I feel that this is not a possible model as Homo sapiens is a quite
recent species. N. madagascariensis and N. masoalensis differ from
all other species so much that it is surely impossible that it is just a
form evolved within a few thousand years, comparable to a
domesticated animal.

Andreas