Question

Plant species with a wide range of distribution evolves into local populations called __________.

Answer 1

Hint: This is also referred to as ecospecies that define a genetically separate geographic variety, population, or race within a species in evolutionary ecology, which is genotypically adapted to particular environmental conditions.

Complete answer:
While ecotypes usually exhibit phenotypic differences (such as in morphology or physiology) resulting from environmental heterogeneity, they are capable of interbreeding without loss of fertility or vigor with other geographically adjacent ecotypes.
An ecotype is distinct from a subspecies that can occur in a range of different habitats. Ecotypes in animals owe their different characteristics to the influence of a very local climate, but there is no taxonomic rank for ecotypes.
The California poppy is found along the western North American coast from the state of Washington to Baja California. The California poppy encounters a wide variety of environmental conditions within this variety, and ecotypic differentiation does not occur surprisingly. Two general ecotype groups are visible. Poppies grow long roots that enter groundwater in populations found in damp habitats, and plants live longer than one year.
Seeds germinate here in the fall, and as rosettes close to the ground, both juveniles and adults overwinter. Poppies only establish shallow roots in species that exist in arid environments. In the fall, seeds germinate, forming a small rosette. Plants develop, seed, and die within a year. In many other morphological features, the different ecotypes produce geographical variation, including stamen number, flower structure, and flower color (flowers vary from orange to all yellow)
So, the correct answer is ‘Ecotype’.

Note: These various variants may occur in the same geographical area, where ecological niches are created by distinct ecosystems such as meadows, woods, swamps, and sand dunes. It is possible for a similar ecotype to occur in different locations if similar ecological conditions occur at widely separated locations.