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Lectotype vs Neotype - What's the difference?

lectotype | neotype |

As nouns the difference between lectotype and neotype

is that 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 while neotype is a new specimen used to replace a lost holotype.

lectotype

English

(wikipedia 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

    neotype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology, mineralogy) A new specimen used to replace a lost holotype