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Define syntype in Taxonomy.

Important Questions on Taxonomy and Systematic Botany

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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
How are isotypes related to the holotype?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
How do holotypes and lectotypes differ?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
Define paratype in Taxonomy.
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
What is the purpose of a conserved type?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
Why is the holotype critical in taxonomy?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
A specimen selected as the type when all of the material on which original specimen is missing is called
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
Why is the International Code of Nomenclature important?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
Specimen derived from non-original collection serves as the nomenclatural type, when original specimen is missing. It is known as
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
What happens when two names are published for the same taxon?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type

Fill in the blank with the correct answer from the bracket.

Duplicate specimen of the holotype collected from same population by same person on same date with same field number is called _____.(isotype, lectotype, syntype, paratype)

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What is the difference between a neotype and an epitype?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
What is the significance of type locality in nomenclature?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
What is lectotype in Taxonomy?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
How is the priority of nomenclature maintained?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
The single specimen designated as the type of a species by the original author at the time the species name and description was published is called
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
What is a syntype in the absence of a holotype?
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
Specimen used for original publication by the author is
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type

Name the following.

'A single type specimen upon which the description and name of a new species is based'.

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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
Define epitype in Taxonomy.
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Biology>Plant Morphology and Taxonomy of Angiosperm>Taxonomy and Systematic Botany>Nomenclatural Type
What is an autonym in taxonomy?