Question

what is the meaning of lectotype?

Answer 1

The specimen or illustration selected as the type of a species or subspecies when the original author of the name did not designate a type.

Answer 2

ANSWER :-

Definition of Lectotype-

In cases where no holotype is designated by the author at the time of publication or the holotype is missing for some reason, the specimen or element selected from the original material to serve as the nomenclatural type is called the lectotype.

Extra Information:-

• The names of the taxa of the category or rank- "family" and below are detremined through nomenclatural types, this way of categorisation is referred to as "Typification".
• The "types" are-

1. Holotype- Its the specimen or element (figure or description) which is designed as a nomenclatural type by the author.
2. Isotype- Isotypes are the duplicates of holotypes.
3. Lectotype- defined in the answer.
4. Syntype- Syntype is any one of the two specimen cited by the author as the nomenclatural type.
5. Neotype- In cases where all the material on which the description of new species was based is missing, the new specimen or element that is selected to serve as the nomenclatural type is called the neotype.