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In biological nomenclature, a syntype is any one of two or more biological types that is listed in a description of a taxon where no holotype was designated ... Syntype FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Taxonomicterm Inbiologicalnomenclature,asyntypeisanyoneoftwoormorebiologicaltypesthatislistedinadescriptionofataxonwherenoholotypewasdesignated.PrecisedefinitionsofthisandrelatedtermsfortypeshavebeenestablishedaspartoftheInternationalCodeofZoologicalNomenclatureandtheInternationalCodeofNomenclatureforalgae,fungi,andplants. Contents 1Inzoology 2Inbotany 3Seealso 4References Inzoology[edit] Inzoologicalnomenclature,asyntypeisdefinedas"Eachspecimenofatypeseries(q.v.)fromwhichneitheraholotypenoralectotypehasbeendesignated[Arts.72.1.2,73.2,74].Thesyntypescollectivelyconstitutethename-bearingtype."(GlossaryofthezoologicalCode[1]). Historically,syntypeswereoftenexplicitlydesignatedassuch,andunderthepresentICZNthisisarequirement(Art.72.3),butmodernattemptstopublishspeciesorsubspeciesdescriptionsbasedonsyntypesaregenerallyfrowneduponbypracticingtaxonomists,andmostaregraduallybeingreplacedbylectotypes.Thosethatstillexistarestillconsideredname-bearingtypes.[2]Alectotypemaybedesignatedfromamongthesyntypes,reducingtheotherspecimenstothestatusofparalectotype.[2]Theyarenolongername-bearingtypes,thoughifthelectotypeislostordestroyed,itisgenerallypreferabletouseaparalectotypeasareplacement(neotype).Wherespecimensinasyntypeseriesarefoundtobelongtodifferenttaxa,thismaycausenomenclaturalinstability,sincethenominalspeciescanbeinterpretedindifferentways.[3] Inbotany[edit] Inbotanicalnomenclature,asyntypecanbemadeinthedescriptionofaspeciesoraninfraspecifictaxon.Itisdefinedas"anyspecimencitedintheprotologuewhenthereisnoholotype,oranyoneoftwoormorespecimenssimultaneouslydesignatedastypes."(Art.9.5).[4] Seealso[edit] Type(biology) References[edit] ^ICZN(1999).InternationalCodeofZoologicalNomenclature. ^abDanielL.Geiger(2006)."Taxonomyandtaxonomicwriting:aprimer".InCharlesF.Sturm;TimothyA.Pearce;ÁngelValdés(eds.).TheMollusks:aGuidetoTheirStudy,Collection,andPreservation.Universal-Publishers.pp. 147–159.ISBN 978-1-58112-930-4. ^CardenC.Wallace(1999)."Summaryoftypematerial".StaghornCoralsoftheWorld:aRevisionoftheCoralGenusAcropora(Scleractinia;Astrocoeniina;Acroporidae)Worldwide,withEmphasisonMorphology,PhylogenyandBiogeography.CSIROPublishing.pp. 7–19.ISBN 978-0-643-06391-4. ^McNeill,J.;Barrie,F.R.;Buck,W.R.;Demoulin,V.;Greuter,W.;Hawksworth,D.L.;Herendeen,P.S.;Knapp,S.;Marhold,K.;Prado,J.;Prud'hommeVanReine,W.F.;Smith,G.F.;Wiersema,J.H.;Turland,N.J.(2012).InternationalCodeofNomenclatureforalgae,fungi,andplants(MelbourneCode)adoptedbytheEighteenthInternationalBotanicalCongressMelbourne,Australia,July2011.Vol. RegnumVegetabile154.A.R.G.GantnerVerlagKG.ISBN 978-3-87429-425-6. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Syntype&oldid=1006796090" Categories:ZoologicalnomenclatureBotanicalnomenclatureHiddencategories:CS1:longvolumevalueArticleswithshortdescriptionShortdescriptionmatchesWikidata Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk English Views ReadEditViewhistory More Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages CatalàMagyarമലയാളംNederlandsPolskiРусскийTürkçe Editlinks