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192 Terms used in Bionomenclature
partially suppressed name, and totally suppressed name. (2) (bio.)
one placed on a list of suppressed names. (2) (phyl.) a name that
would normally have precedence but does not, due to a decision by
the Committee on Phylogenetic Nomenclature to give precedence to
a later synonym or homonym; see also suppression.
suppressed work, [opera utique oppressa]: (1) (bot.) works, ruled as
suppressed, in which in which names in specified ranks are not
validly published; suppression is subject to the decision of an
International Botanical Congress. (2) (zool.) a work that the
Commission (ICZN) has ruled to be unpublished or unavailable; see
suppression.
suppression, [suppress]: (1) (zool.) a ruling by the Commission (ICZN),
using its plenary power, (a) that a work is to be deemed, for
nomenclatural purposes as unpublished, or that names and acts in it
are not available, or (b) that an available name is never to be used as
valid because (i) it is only available for the purpose of homonymy
(i.e. partial suppression) or (ii) it is not available for the purposes of
priority and homonymy (i.e. total suppression, but a totally
suppressed species-group name may still denote the type species of
a nominal genus or subgenus, or (c) the available name is only to be
used as valid under stated conditions (e.g. when not considered a
synonym of a particular later name (i.e. conditional suppression). (2)
(bot.) of a work, see suppressed work; of a name, see rejected name,
suppressed name. (3) (bio.) of a name, its placing on a list of
suppressed names on the authority of the ICB because it would
cause a disadvantageous nomenclatural change
supra, [sup.]: on the upper side; above.
supra-: a prefix used when referring to all ranks above a particular one.
supra citatato, [supra cit.]: of a work, one cited above.
suprafamilial: of a taxon, one at a rank higher than that of family or family
group.
suprageneric: of a taxon, one at a rank higher than that of genus or genus
group.
supraspecific: of a taxon, one at a rank higher than that of species or
species group.