So now that the first batch of animals is done, I’ve been gearing up to present fifty plant species of Nereus. I’m still working to get all the plants into a satisfactory cladogram and taxonomic classification, but things are coming along nicely. I’ve decided that, rather than featuring individual species I’ll focus on genera, that way I’ll be able to speak in more, well, general terms (notice the pun? ;)). I noticed many times while working with animal species that I was occasionally limited in what possibilities I could explore within a given entry; hopefully writing about a genus at a time rather than a species will allow me a little more flexibility in coverage.
Another aspect I’m considering, and would love some reader feedback on, is the order of presentation. The animals were grouped by biome, but with the plants I could present them a clade at a time, producing them in groups based on genetic relationship rather than by shared environment.