| Literature DB >> 14443475 |
Abstract
The description of new species should not be confined to physical description of a holotype. One specimen cannot include all characters or be typical of any taxon. The holotype serves only a nomenclatural function and might also be termed the name-bearer (nomenifer) to avoid confusion of "type specimen" with "typical specimen."Keywords: NOMENCLATURE
Mesh:
Year: 1960 PMID: 14443475 DOI: 10.1126/science.131.3406.1043
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728