Lectotype

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.

Synonyms

major holotype topotype paratype hypotype neotype tectotype homeotype syntype allotype epitype cotype

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