As nouns the difference between holotype and lectotype
is that holotype is the single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to be used when the taxon was formally described while lectotype is a biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
holotype
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The single physical example (or illustration) of an organism, known to be used when the taxon was formally described.
lectotype
Noun
(
en noun)
(biology) A biological specimen or illustration later selected to serve as definitive type example of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a holotype.
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Derived terms
* lectotypic
* paralectotype
See also
* hapantotype