Biology · Plant Taxonomy
The International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) / ICBN recognizes a holotype as:
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- 1A specimen or illustration selected to serve as the nomenclatural type as long as all of the material on which the name of the taxon was based is missing.
- 2A name given to a specimen collected from the same locality from which the first specimen was originally collected.
- 3A particular specimen or illustration designated by the author of the species to represent the species.✓
- 4A specimen which is a duplicate of the original specimen collected by the author.
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A particular specimen or illustration designated by the author of the species to represent the species.
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