A willow drawing from 1786: the earliest depiction of intraspecific trait variation in plants?

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The study of intraspecific trait variation (ITV) in plants has a long history, dating back to the fourth century BC. Its existence was widely acknowledged by the end of the 18th century, although systematic and experimental studies commenced only a century later. However, the historiography of ITV has many gaps, especially with regard to early observations and visual documents. This note...

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