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170 Terms used in Bionomenclature
(bot.) a name that was nomenclaturally superfluous when published
or a later homonym. (3) (zool.) any name which, under the
provisions of the Code cannot be used as a valid name and which is
set aside in favour of another. (4) (zool.) a name, which, as a matter
of taxonomic judgement, is rejected as a junior subjective synonym
(q.v.) of a name used but which is believed not to be applicable to
the taxon under consideration. (5) (cult. pl.) one not be used as a
result of failure to comply with particular provisions of the Code.
rejected synonym: (prok.) a name, other than the correct one, of a
particular taxon.
rejected work: (zool.) any work included by the Commission (ICZN) in
the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological
Nomenclature; see also suppressed name, suppressed work.
relative order: the sequences of categories in the taxonomic hierarchy
specified in the Codes.
relevé: (phyt.) a compiled list of scientific names of plant species or
infraspecific taxa from a sample plot with quantitative indication of
their occurrence following the standard scales; the relevé must
include the environmental features of the studied habitat to be
validly published; the basic element of physosciological science.
remodel: (unoff.) of a taxon, to divide or unite with others in a way which
involves the alteration of its circumscription and diagnostic
characters.
remorsotype: (zool., unoff.) the type of a taxon the original author of
which regrets having described (!).
replaced synonym: (bot.) a name replaced by an avowed substitute (q.v.);
see nomen novum, replacement name.
replacement name: (1) (zool.) a nomen novum (q.v.); a name established
to replace an already established name. (2) (zool., unoff.) an
available synonym or new name adopted to replace an earlier
preoccupied name (q.v.). (3) (phyl.) a new name explicitly
substituted for a previously established name that is not acceptable
because it is a later homonym; a replacement name is equivalent to a
nomen substitutum in this Code; see also superfluous name,
unnecessary substitute name. (4) (bot.) an avowed substitute (q.v.).