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lec·to·type
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lectotypenoun
A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
Etymology: From λέκτος,from λέγειν + τύπος
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lectotype
In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage (pre-1900 in botany), a type was a taxon rather than a specimen.A taxon is a scientifically named grouping of organisms with other like organisms, a set that includes some organisms and excludes others, based on a detailed published description (for example a species description) and on the provision of type material, which is usually available to scientists for examination in a major museum research collection, or similar institution.
Entomology
Lectotype
a co-type chosen, subsequently to the original description, to take the place which in other cases a holotype occupies.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lectotype in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lectotype in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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