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204 Terms used in Bionomenclature<br />
type host: the host species with which the name-bearing type of (zool.) a<br />
nominal species or subspecies or (bot.) species or infraspecific taxon<br />
was associated; see associated organism, symbiotype.<br />
type locality: the geographical (and, where relevant stratigraphical) place<br />
of capture, collection or observation of the name-bearing type of<br />
(zool.) a nominal species or subspecies or (bot,) species or<br />
infraspecific taxon; in zool., if the name-bearing type was captured<br />
or collected after being transported by boat, vehicle, aircraft, or<br />
other human or mechanical means, the type locality is the place<br />
from which it, or its wild progenitor, began its unnatural journey.<br />
type material: all specimens and other elements used by an author in the<br />
original description of a new species-group name (zool.), or of a<br />
new species or infraspecific taxon (bot.).<br />
type method: (bot., mycol.) the permanent association of a name (i.e. a<br />
nomenclatural type) and a taxon (i.e. a circumscription); the type<br />
concept (q.v.).<br />
type relevé: (phyt.) the name-bearing relevé (q.v.) of the name of an<br />
association or subordinate syntaxon.<br />
type-series: (zool.) the series of specimens, as defined in the Code, on<br />
which the original author bases a new nominal species-group taxon<br />
in the absence of a holotype designation, any such specimen is<br />
eligible for subsequent designation as the name-bearing type<br />
(lectotype); prior to lectotype designation, all the specimens of the<br />
type-series are syntypes and collectively they constitute the namebearing<br />
type; excluded from the type-series are any specimens that<br />
the original author expressly excludes or refers to as distinct<br />
variants, or doubtfully includes in the taxon.<br />
type species: the species (bot., prok.) or nominal species (zool.) that is the<br />
name-bearing type of a genus (bot., prok.) or nominal genus (zool.),<br />
or a taxon between the ranks of species and genus (bot., prok.) and<br />
which fixes the application of the name.<br />
type specimen: (1) a general term for the name-bearing specimen of a<br />
species or infraspecific taxon, or (zool.) for a specimen of the typeseries<br />
(q.v.); these are generally permanently preserved in a<br />
reference collection (e.g. a genetic resource collection, herbarium, or