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24 Terms used in Bionomenclature
-ales: (prok., bot.) suffix added to the stem of a generic name to indicate
that it applies to the taxon of a rank of order.
alivotype: (zool., unoff.) a live type that requires special storage and
handling; see also culto-type, escapotype, ex-type, vivotype.
all. nov., [alliancia nova]: (phyt.) used after an author citation to indicate a
newly introduced syntaxon name in the rank of alliance (q.v.).
alliance, [alliancia, all.]: (1) (phyt.) one of the four principle ranks in the
hierarchical system of syntaxa, between that of association and
order; a plant community of definite floristic composition which
presents a uniform physiognomy and which grows in uniform
habitat conditions; names of alliances are terminated by the suffix "-
ion". (2) (bot., obsol.) a rank in a taxonomic hierarchy, treated as
equivalent to and being in the rank of order.
alliancia: see alliance.
allohomoiotype: see allohomotype.
allohomoitype: see allohomotype.
allohomotype, [allohomoitype, allohomoiotype]: (zool., unoff.) a
homotype (q.v.) of the same sex as the allotype or lectoallotype.
allolectotype: (zool., unoff.) the type specimen of the opposite sex to the
lectotype (q.v.); a lectoallotype.
alloneotype: (zool., unoff.) the type specimen of the opposite sex to the
neotype (q.v.); a neallotype.
alloparalectotype: (zool., unoff.) a specimen from the original type-series,
of the opposite sex of the holotype, and designated later than the
original publication of the species.
alloparatype: (zool., unoff.) a paratype (q.v.) of the same sex as the
allotype.
alloplesiotype: (zool., unoff.) a hypotype (q.v.) of the same sex as the
allotype.
alloréférent: (zool., unoff.) an allotype (q.v.) of the opposite sex to that of a
specimen designated or described in a publication subsequent to the
original description; these specimens have no formal nomenclatural
standing as types.