HOMOTYPIC

Adjective

homotypic (not comparable)

(botany) literally "with the same type". In botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (or nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act

when a taxon gets a new name, without being included in another taxon (of the same rank). The old name becomes a homotypic synonym of the new name.

when a new name for a taxon is coined without displacing the existing name, the new name becomes a homotypic synonym.

Antonyms

• heterotypic

Source: Wiktionary

Ho`mo*typ"ic, Ho`mo*typ"ic*al, a. (Biol.)

Definition: Same as Homotypal.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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