Francais | English | Espanõl

Biological type

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

(Redirected from Type specimen)
Jump to: navigation, search

In biology, a type is that which fixes a name to a taxon. Depending on the Code which is applied to the organism in question, a type may be a specimen, culture, illustration, description or taxon. See:

de:Nomenklatorischer Typus

fr:Type (biologie)

Personal tools