A little while back I published an article on species concepts in Reports of the National Center for Science Education, and I just discovered that it is available on the web. This is actually abetter format than the published version, which has weird columns and layout. The citation is
Wilkins, John S. 2006. Species, Kinds, and Evolution. Reports of the National Center for Science Education 26 (4): 36-45.
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You were trying to explain some of this to me in NYC back in '05, but I think I must have completely missed your point. I was also surprised that Linneus---who produced all the evidence for common descent---was a fixed-species creationist. I knew he had once questioningly (mistakenly?) referred to a plant variety as "a daughter of time" but I suppose that must have been late in life.
I can use some of this, thanks.