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Type locality (biology)

A type locality is the place where the name-bearing type specimen – the particular specimen that formally anchors the scientific name – of a species or subspecies was collected, captured, or first observed. In zoology, the term is formally defined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), which ties the type locality directly to the…

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Use in taxonomy, ecology, and conservation

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Type locality (biology)

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples14
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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type locality species original material lectotype name-bearing specimens holotype specimen place later localities iczn coordinates rather information name may data

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
collecting materialinstance ofRelated ideas0.80text
data accompanying the original materialinstance ofthe Code points to evidence0.80text
collectors' notes or itinerariesinstance ofthe Code points to evidence0.80text
and the original descriptioninstance ofthe Code points to evidence0.80text
and it treats inference from localities within the known range of the taxoninstance ofthe Code points to evidence0.80text
holotypeinstance ofwhereas terms0.80text
lectotypeinstance ofwhereas terms0.80text
and neotype refer to nomenclaturally definedinstance ofwhereas terms0.80text
name-bearing types designated under formal rulesinstance ofwhereas terms0.80text
type hostinstance ofThe ICZN Glossary also defines related contextual terms0.80text
the collecting dateinstance oftogether with associated label data0.80text
other information accompanying the specimeninstance oftogether with associated label data0.80text

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