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Type (biology)

In biology, a type is a particular specimen (or in some cases a group of specimens) of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally associated. In other words, a type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon. In older usage (pre-1900 in botany), a type was a taxon rather…

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Type specimen

In botany

In zoology

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Type (biology)

Nodes76
Edges75
Triples3
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026316
Components1

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type species specimen taxon specimens name holotype one needed description genus designated citation types name-bearing lectotype code nomenclature original based

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
a blood smearinstance ofwithin a preparation medium0.80text
warsinstance ofand intervening events0.80text
fires have resulted in the destruction of the original type materialinstance ofand intervening events0.80text

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