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86 Terms used in Bionomenclature
without nomenclatural significance for an assemblage of organisms
of uncertain position in the taxonomic hierarchy. (6) (not
nomenclatural) a collection of organisms from a single source, e.g. a
locality, a host. See also collective group, taxonomic group, taxon.
group number: (prok., obsol.) a characterizing code used in early versions
of the Society of American Bacteriologists descriptive chart but
deleted from later versions.
gx: (cult. pl.) grex (q.v.).
gynetype: (zool., unoff.) a female type specimen; see androtype..
hallucinotype: (zool., unoff.) the type of a taxon described while the author
was under the influence of drugs (!).
hamatype: (zool., unoff.) a specimen from the type-series which was not
specified as a holotype or paratype; a syntype: (q.v.).
hand-pollination: (cult. pl.) the controlled act of pollination that should
exclude the possibility of open-pollination.
handwritten: the immediate product of a person writing; see autograph.
hapantotype: (zool.) one or more preparations consisting of directly related
individuals representing distinct stages in the life-cycle, which
together form the name-bearing type in an extant species of
protistan; a hapantotype, while a series if individuals, is a holotype
and must not be restricted by lectotype selection; however, if a
hapantotype is found to contain individuals or more than one
species, components may be excluded until it contains individuals of
only one species.
haplotype: (zool., unoff.) the single species included in a genus at the time
of the original description; see also monotype.
haplotypic: see monotypic.
haptotype: (bot., unoff.) an icotype (q.v.) collected with the holotype but
possibly taken from a different plant.
hb., [herbarium, Hb., herb., Herb.]: see herbarium.