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53 The naming of organisms (and plant communities)
conspecies: (1) (unoff.) two or more species belonging to the same genus.
(2) (cult. pl., unoff.) a category for related and interbreeding species
of wild origin (species), or originating in cultivation (specioid), or of
both types.
conspecific: belonging to the same species.
constituent element: (1) (prok.) the type of a taxon. (2) (bot.) any
specimen or illustration included within a taxon, especially those
indicated in the protologue.
Constitution: (zool.) an abbreviation of the title The Constitution of the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
constructotype: (zool., unoff.) a holotype created during a taxonomic
revision as a result of a mix-up of body parts, e.g. male genitalia on
a female body.
contabulation: a description based on one of a number of specimens that
are assigned to a single species of a new genus in which those
characters are diagnostic at specific level.
content: (unoff.) of a taxon, the set of its component organisms.
contortotype: (zool., unoff.) the type specimen of a soft-bodied species that
has dried to an unrecognizable state (!); see xerotype.
contraction: an abbreviation that shortens a word by removing one or more
of its middle letters, but retaining others including both the first and
the last; e.g. “Dr” for “Doctor”.
convarietas, [convar.]: (cult. pl., unoff.) a proposed rank for a group of
related provarieties, between subspecioid, or cultiplex, and
provarietas.
conveniotype: (zool., unoff.) the type of a taxon that still has its
distinguishing characters to be established (!).
conversion: (phyl.) the act of establishing a pre-existing name in
accordance with the rules of the PhyloCode.
converted name: (phyl.) of a clade, a pre-existing name that has been
established in accordance with the rules of the PhyloCode; denoted
by the use of squared brackets ([. . . ]) around the citation of the
author who published the name under a different Code.