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20 Terms used in Bionomenclature
TERMS USED IN BIONOMENCLATURE
aapm.: see amphiapomict.
ab.: see aberration.
abbreviation: a shortened form of a word, made by omitting later letters,
and followed by a full-stop (period); genus or genus group names
are often abbreviated to one or two letters, and (zool.) sometimes
also specific names cited as parts of trinomials; see acronym, author
abbreviation, contraction.
aberration, [ab.]: (1) a group of deformed atypical individuals within a
species or population. (2) (zool.) a term which, if used to denote a
number of individuals within a species, unequivocally signifies
infrasubspecific rank; a morphotype of no taxonomic status below
the officially recognized ranks; names based on aberrations are
unavailable.
aborted name, [nomen abortivum, nom. abort.]: (1) (zool., obsol.)
formerly applied to a name which at the date of publication was
contrary to the Code in operation at that time; see forgotten name.
abruptotype: (zool., unoff.) type of a taxon hasitily described to meet a
project, grant, or publication deadline (!).
absence: (prok.) of a rule, one where provision in the Code covering a
particular situation cannot be found, and where established custom
should therefore be followed when this can be ascertained.
absolute synonym: a homotypic synonym (q.v.); a nomenclatural synonym
(bot.); an objective synonym (zool.).
absolute tautonym: (zool.) the identical spelling of a generic or
subgenericc name and the specific or subspecific name of one of its
originally included nominal species or subspecies; see also
autonym.
abstracting journals: journals which publish summaries or abstracts of
articles published elsewhere and also sometimes of unpublished
theses, to the exclusion of original accounts of investigations.