What word is synonymous with taxonomy?

In this page you can discover 9 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for taxonomy, like: categorisation, taxonomic, phylogenetic, phylogeny, ontology, systematics, typology, classification and bioinformatic.

How do you write synonyms in taxonomy?

A homotypic synonym need not share an epithet or name with the correct name; what matters is that it shares the type. For example, the name Taraxacum officinale for a species of dandelion has the same type as Leontodon taraxacum L. The latter is a homotypic synonym of Taraxacum officinale F.H. Wigg.

What is a junior synonym in taxonomy?

Noun. junior synonym (plural junior synonyms) (zoology) In zoological nomenclature, a name which describes the same taxon as a previously published name.

What is basionym in taxonomy?

Noun. basionym (plural basionyms) (botany, taxonomy) An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.

What is Tautonym in taxonomy?

: a taxonomic binomial in which the generic name and specific epithet are alike and which is common in zoology especially to designate a typical form but is forbidden to botany under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

What is Serotaxonomy?

serotaxonomy The classification of very similar plants by means of differences in the proteins they contain. The technique is based on the highly specific relationship between antigens and the antibodies produced in response to them.

What is holotype and paratype?

Even when a holotype is designated, there are often other specimens used in the original description. Those are called paratypes and were often collected at the same time and location as the holotype. Paratypes can become even more important if, for instance, a holotype is ever lost or destroyed.