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176 Terms used in Bionomenclature<br />

secondary type: (zool., unoff.) a specimen used to supplement or correct<br />

knowledge of a previously described species; a heautotype, neotype<br />

or plesiotype; see also epitype.<br />

section, [sect.]: (1) (bot.) a category of taxa intermediate in rank between<br />

subgenus and series. (2) (zool.) a rank that if treated as a division of<br />

a genus or subgenus deemed to be of subgeneric rank for the<br />

purposes of nomenclature. (3) a taxon at the rank of section.<br />

Section, Nomenclature: see Nomenclature Section.<br />

secundum, [sec.]: (1) (unoff.) according to; see fide, teste. (2) (unoff.)<br />

proposed for use in author citations to indicate either the author<br />

whose circumscription (taxonomic concept) is adopted, or the work<br />

used in identification (e.g. Dicranum fuscescens Sm. 1804 sec.<br />

Ludwig et al. 1996); when used to indicate different<br />

circumscriptions, use with a range of ideographs has been suggested<br />

to indicate more inclusive (>), less inclusive (< ), identical (= =)<br />

usages, etc.<br />

sedis mutabilis, [sed. mut.]: (unoff.) used to indicate a changed taxonomic<br />

placement.<br />

Seed List: (bot.) a printed list of the names of plants that a botanic garden<br />

has seeds of which are available as a gift or for exchange with other<br />

botanical gardens; an index seminum (q.v.).<br />

segregate: (1) (cult. pl.) a hybrid individual in which characters of one or<br />

another parental stock (as contrasted to characters intermediate<br />

between those of the parental stocks), are apparent. (2) a part of a<br />

taxon that is split into two or more parts.<br />

selection: see maintenance.<br />

selling name: see trade designation.<br />

semaphoront: (zool., not nomenclatural) each morphological phase of an<br />

organism in different times in which it is examined during its<br />

lifetime (e.g. egg, larval and pupal stages, and adult).<br />

semi-naked combination: (bot., unoff.) a new combination (q.v.) in which<br />

all the bibliographic information required by the Code for valid<br />

publication is not supplied (e.g. the page number in the work where<br />

the basionym was validly published; see also naked name.

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