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lectotype Taxonomy.|ˈlɛktəʊtaɪp|
[f. Gr. λεκτός chosen + type n.1]
A specimen from the original material serving as the basis for a description of a new species, selected as the type in the absence of a holotype.
1905Schuchert & Buckman in Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 7th Ser. XVI. 103 Lectotype, a syntype chosen, subsequently to the original description, to take the place which in other cases a holotype occupies. 1951G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants ix. 204 A lectotype is a specimen or other element selected from the original material to serve as the nomenclatural type, when the holotype was not designated at the time of publication, or when the holotype is missing. 1953E. Mayr et al. Methods & Princ. Syst. Zool. xii. 242 A selection of lectotypes should be undertaken only when it leads to the clarification of a taxonomic problem. 1963Davis & Heywood Princ. Angiosperm Taxon. viii. 280 The lectotype should be chosen, if possible, from among the specimens actually seen by the author when he described the species. 1967R. E. Blackwelder Taxonomy iv. 293 There can be no question that a type (at least holotype, lectotype, or neotype) belongs to the species it typifies. 1970Watsonia VIII. 43 The lectotype of E[uphrasia] rostkoviana f. borealis was chosen by Mr. Sell and me [sc. P. F. Yeo] in 1968. 1975Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. CXXVI. 615 This specimen..is here designated Lectotype and has been labelled accordingly. |