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194 Terms used in Bionomenclature<br />

any designation applied to a given taxon other than the one by which<br />

it should properly be known; see also homotypic synonym,<br />

heterotypic synonym, junior synonym, nomenclatural synonym,<br />

objective synonym, senior synonym, subjective synonym,<br />

taxonomic synonym. (5) (phyt.) names in the same rank that<br />

denominate the same syntaxon or syntaxa considered as the same<br />

syntaxon without regard to their position. (6) (unoff.) a later usage<br />

of a name cited following the correct author citation and place of<br />

publication of the name itself (a practice sometimes used to indicate<br />

works which have fuller descriptions or a changed<br />

circumscriptions); a chresonym (q.v.).<br />

synonymotype: (zool., unoff.) that constituent element of a taxon quoted<br />

by an author as identical with his or her newly described taxon.<br />

synonymy: (1) the existence of two or more names applied to the same<br />

taxon; (2) the relationship between synonyms. (3) the names<br />

considered to apply to a given taxon other than the name by which it<br />

should properly be known; (4) a list of synonyms.<br />

synoptic collection: a group of taxa that have been authoritatively<br />

identified and which serves as the basis of comparison for the<br />

identification of other specimens.<br />

synoptic key: an artificial key in which diagnostic characters are listed and<br />

the taxa showing that character are indicated below it, usually by<br />

references to numbers allocated to the taxa in the publication.<br />

synoptic table: (1) one which indicates the characters of one or more<br />

organisms in a tabular form, especially characters which are used for<br />

the separation of the taxa. (2) (phyt.) one comprising a number of<br />

relevé's on a statistical form; a synthetic table.<br />

syntaxon, [pl. syntaxa]: (phyt.) an abstract unit of phytocoenoses of any<br />

rank, defined by floristic-sociological criteria, which may (in<br />

principle) be incorporated into a hierarchical system.<br />

syntaxonomic synonym: (phyt.) a synonym based on a different<br />

nomenclatural type, but considered to belong to the same syntaxon;<br />

with a changed circumscription of the syntaxon, such a name can<br />

become nonsynonymous.

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