neotype

  • 1Néotype — Calcite Pour les articles homonymes, voir CaCO3. calcite Catégorie V : carbonates et nitrates …

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  • 2neotype — noun Date: 1905 a type specimen that is selected subsequent to the description of a species to replace a preexisting type that has been lost or destroyed …

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  • 3neotype — a single specimen designated as the type specimen of a nominal species group taxon of which the holotype (or lectotype), and all the paratypes, or all syntypes are lost or destroyed or suppressed by the International Commission on Zoological… …

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  • 4neotype — n. [Gr. neos, new; typos, type] A single specimen selected as the type specimen from as near to the original locale as practicle in cases where the original types are known to be destroyed or are lost …

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  • 5neotype — /nee euh tuyp /, n. Biol. a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed. [1850 55; NEO + TYPE] * * * …

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  • 6neotype — noun A new specimen used to replace a lost holotype …

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  • 7neotype — neo·type (neґo tīp) a strain of bacteria that replaces a type culture which no longer exists, and that agrees with the original description of the taxon and is accepted by international agreement …

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  • 8neotype —   (neo.)   New material designated to replace a missing holotype when no original material remains in a herbarium collection.   See also isolectotype, isotype, lectotype, paratype …

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  • 9neotype — neo·type …

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  • 10neotype — ne•o•type [[t]ˈni əˌtaɪp[/t]] n. bio tax a specimen selected to replace a holotype that has been lost or destroyed • Etymology: 1850–55 …

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