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114 Terms used in Bionomenclature<br />

legitimate name, [nomen legitimum, nom. legit.]: (1) (bot., cult. pl.,<br />

phyt., prok., vir.) a validly published name that is in accordance with<br />

all rules in the Code; i.e. one which must be taken into account in<br />

determining the correct name for a taxon; see also illegitimate name.<br />

(2) (bot., obsol.) one distinguishing a plant species from all those of<br />

the same genus; used in this sense by Linnaeus.<br />

level: (unoff.) sometimes used in the sense of rank (q.v.).<br />

libelotype: (zool., unoff.) a derogatorotype (q.v.).<br />

ligature: the typographic union of two letters (e.g. “æ”); not to be used in<br />

bot., prok. or zool. but transcribed (e.g. "ae").<br />

limbotype: (zool., unoff.) a type of which the current place of deposit is<br />

unknown (!).<br />

line: (cult. pl.) in plant breeding, a term used to describe plants resulting<br />

from repeated self-fertilization or inbreeding.<br />

Linnaean: an adjective based on the surname of Carl Linnæus (latinized as<br />

Carolus Linnaeus); see Linnean.<br />

Linnaean system: in nomenclature, the system in which, fundamentally,<br />

binary combinations (i.e. names) are used for species, consisting of<br />

a generic name and a specific epithet.<br />

Linnaean tautonym: (zool.) the identical spelling of a generic or<br />

subgeneric name established before 1931 and a pre-1758 name cited<br />

as a synonym of only one of the species or subspecies originally<br />

included in that genus.<br />

Linnean: an adjective based on the enobled name for Carl Linnæus, i.e.<br />

Carl von Linné; see Linnaean.<br />

linneon: (obsol.) proposed as a replacement for the term species in the<br />

Linnaean sense, i.e. groups of individuals that resemble one another<br />

more than they do any other individuals; cfr jordanon.<br />

lipotype: (zool., not nomenclatural) a life-form, the absence of which is<br />

characteristic of the fauna of a particular place.<br />

lineage: (phyl.) a series of entities (e.g. organisms, populations) that form a<br />

single unbroken and unbranched sequence of ancestors and<br />

descendants; that a lineage is unbranched does not deny the

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