"Nyms" and Names

Cards (12)

  • any of two or more identical names based on different types, only one of which can be legitimate.
    homonym
  • the name that provides an epithet that is transferred that is transferred to a new combination at a different rank or position.
    basionym
  • binomial in which generic name and specific epithet are the same.
    tautonym
  • any two or more names applied to the same taxon.
    synonym
  • different names based on the same type. such as names are obligate synonyms.
    nomenclatural synonym (homotypic synonym)
  • different name based on different type but taxonomic judgment indicates that the types belong to the same taxon, the names for which, under this judgment, are synonyms.
    taxonomix synonym (heterotypic synonym)
  • a name not based on a type species. rejected name.
    hyponym
  • a name based on a type species, not on diagnosis or description.
    typonym
  • an automatically created name for infrageneric or infraspecific taxa indicating the subtaxon that contains the type of the respective generic or specific name.
    autonym
  • names, two or more, published at the same time by the same author for the same taxon.
    alternative names
  • a validly published name that, by decision of an international botanical congress, shall be used inspite of being contrary to the rules.
    conserved name
  • name that must under the rule be adopted for a particular taxon.
    correct name