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172 Terms used in Bionomenclature
resubmission: (bot., obsol.) of a name submitted for registration (q.v.)
which did not meet one or more of the other conditions for valid
publication when originally submitted and sent in again to the
registering office after these conditions have been met.
resurrected name: a name that has been re-introduced; e.g. one not used
for many decades because its publication was overlooked, the type
material could not be located, or it had been incorrectly treated as a
synonym of another taxon.
resurrectotype: (zool., unoff.) an original type specimen rediscovered after
a neotype had been designated because the original material was
thought to be lost or destroyed.
retain: to continue to use a name as the correct name or as the epithet of a
correct name, especially used in case where a taxon has been
divided.
retroactive: active back in time; nomenclaturally, unless expressly stated, a
provision in a Code is operational regardless of the date when it
became a part of that Code, and applies equally to any and all names
proposed after the accepted date at which establishment (valid
publication) for a particular group began (i.e. the starting point date
for that group).
reused name: (prok.) a name validly published prior to 1 January 1980 not
on the Approved List and adopted after that date, but not validly
republished; see revived name.
revalidated name: a devalidated name taken up and validly published in a
post-starting point work; see also per.
reviser, first: see Principle of the First Reviser.
revision: in taxonomy, the result of a critical re-appraisal of the
classification of a particular group of organisms.
revived name, [nomen revivivum, nom. rev.]: (prok.) a name validly
published before 1 January 1980, but not included in the Approved
List and taken up after that date by a later author for a taxon with the
same circumscription, position and rank as given by the original
author; such names date from their inclusion in a Notification List or
a Validation List (q.v.); see also multiplication sign.