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Preferred term

parahomonym  

Definition(s)

  • When two or more species-group names based on different types are so similar that they are likely to be confused (Greuter et al. 2011) ; Paromonym: Paromograph that according to the Rules of the Code must be considered a homonym of (one of) its paromograph(s). (Term by Greuter et al. 2011 (as “parahomonym”), definition in Dubois 2012)

Synonym(s)

  • paromonym

Note

  • Etymology: G: παρά (para), near, beside, along - ὁμός (homos), the same - ὄνομα (onoma), name.

Scope note(s)

  • Code: Homonym.

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • Greuter, W., Garrity, G., Hawksworth, D. L., Jahn, R., Kirk, P. M., Knapp, S., McNeill, S., Michel, E., Patterson, D. J., Pyle, R. & Tindall, B. J. (2011) Draft BioCode (2011). Principles and Rules regarding the naming of organisms. New draft, revised in November 2010. Bionomina, 3: 26–44. ; Dubois, A. (2012) The distinction between introduction of a new nomen and subsequent use of a previously introduced nomen in zoological nomenclature. Bionomina, 5: 57–80. [ https://doi.org/10.11646/bionomina.5.1.2 ]

Identifier

  • 419

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/FM8-J44W43CM-P

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