cytotaxonomicadj.
/ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)taksəˈnɒmɪk/, U.S. /ˌsaɪdəˌtæksəˈnɑmɪk/ Biology.
Of or relating to the relationship between cytology and taxonomy; of or relating to cytotaxonomy.
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1929 O. Heilborn in B. M. Duggar Proc. Internat. Congr. Plant Sci. I. 309 On the whole, however, the cytological–taxonomic interrelation is rather clear... These new data on Carex thus once more confirm the correctness of the cyto-taxonomic interrelation which was outlined in my previous paper.
1947 D. Wyman Arboretums & Bot. Gardens N. Amer. 453 Cyto-taxonomic and genetic studies on the Aristolochiaceae and the Solanaceae.
1979 Copeia No. 4. 679/1 Cytotaxonomic data for the neotropical Cichlidae are essentially nonexistent.
2004 Taxon 53 989/1 Cytotaxonomic studies of Araliaceae were initially conducted by Sharma & Chatterji.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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