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72 Terms used in Bionomenclature
euphonic, [euphonius]: of the sound of a word when pronounced, one
which is pleasant to the ear; see stem.
ex: from; (1) (bio., bot., phyt.) used in the author citation of names to link
the name of an author who has not validly published a name with
that of the author who validated the same name (e.g. Stenocybe Nyl.
ex Körb. indicates a name coined but not validly published by
Nylander which was subsequently validated by Körber who credited
the name to Nylander); used in cases where the name itself has been
taken from a manuscript, letter, specimen, or the invalid publication
of the first author, but the text of the description has been provided
by the validating second author (cfr revived name, nomen revictum);
see also in. (3) (bot., unoff.) in citing material examined, to indicate
the first came from a collection other than in which it is now housed,
(e.g. “BM ex K” for a specimen now at the Natural History Museum
London but previously kept at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew). (4)
(bot.) of the nomenclatural type of the name where that is a living
culture preserved in a metabolically inactive state (e.g. ex holotypo,
ex isotypo, ex typo); see also ex-type. (5) (phyl.) used as a prefix for
the author of a converted name (q.v.) of a clade, one based on a preexisting
name established under a different Code; the “-ex” is placed
before the name of the author who published the name under the
different Code.
Ex.: see exemplar, Example.
*Ex.: see voted example.
ex affinis, [ex aff.]: of affinity to; sometimes used to indicate that a
specimen being identified is similar to, but not necessarily identical
with, the named taxon.
ex grupo, [ex gr.]: of the group of.
ex parte, [e.p.]: (obsol.) in part; see pro parte.
Example, [Ex.]: (bot.) examples are given in a Code to elucidate the
Articles and Recommendations; examples are not integral parts of
the Articles or Recommendations (unless they are a voted
*Example, [*Ex.]; q.v.), and neither modify nor amplify them;
should one be found to be in conflict with an Article, it is not to be
followed unless it is a voted example (q.v.).