name-bearing type

name-bearing type

English

Noun

name-bearing type (plural name-bearing types)

1. (taxonomy, of a taxon) For a species or lower-order taxon, a type (specimen or illustration) that determines the application of the species name; for a genus, the type species; for a family, the type genus.
   • 1995, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: Draft, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, page 72,

     A nominal species and its nominotypical subspecies have the same name-bearing type [Arts. 47a, 61b].

   • 2000, Scientific Papers, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, page 27,

     Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole name-bearing type of this species.

   • 2010, Philippe Bouchet, Ellen E. Strong, Chapter 6: Historical Name-Bearing Types in Marine Molluscs: An Impediment to Biodiversity Studies?, Andrew Polaszek (editor), Systema Naturae 250 - The Linnaean Ark, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 65,

     In principle, the answer should be straightforward: examine the name-bearing type, and confirm its protoconch type.

   • 2012, Bharati Bhattacharyya, 2: Plant Nomenclature: an Overview, Rajni Gupta (editor), Plant Taxonomy: Past, Present, and Future: Dr Prithipalsingh Festschrift, TERI, page 51,

     Principle III: The application of names of taxa is determined by means of name-bearing types (hereafter referred to as types), although this principle does not apply to certain names at suprafamilial ranks.

Usage notes

At species level or below, a name-bearing type is a physical specimen or illustration (usually the holotype, but it can be a lectotype, neotype or other type). For higher-level taxa (i.e., genus or family), it is a taxonomic group of the next-lower level.

The name-bearing type of a family is the genus whose name forms the root of the family name (e.g., Spheniscus is the type genus of Spheniscidae).

Translations

specimen or taxon that determines the application of a name to a given taxon

Further reading

• International Code of Zoological Nomenclature on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Principle of Typification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Type (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia