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Noun

ecotype ‎(plural ecotypes)

1. (ecology) A group of organisms, normally a subdivision of a species, that is adapted to a specific environment.
   • 1995, C. Wayne Smith, Crop Production: Evolution, History, and Technology, page 234,

     These four Japanese introductions probably were of the Japonica ecotype.

   • 1997, Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, Claudio Ghersa, Weed Ecology: Implications for Management page 78,

     She collected rhizomes of two ecotypes, a northern ecotype originally from Yellowstone County, Montana, and a southern ecotype from an agricultural field near Hollister, California.

   • 1997, Mark R. Macnair, The evolution of plants in metal-contaminated environments, in Rudolf Bijlsma, Volker Loeschcke (editors), Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Evolution, page 19,

     The more interesting question is, What is the difference between an endemic and an ecotype?

Synonyms

• ecospecies

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