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chresonymy

chresonymy noun: a set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.

Noun

chresonymy (plural chresonymies)

  1. A set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.
    • The unique combination of head characters and bipendulate aedeagus has resulted in considerable chresonymy and greatly broadened the geographical range of the group.1975, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)
    • I have subdivided the listing of denominations into synonymy sensu stricto and chresonymy (i.e. the subsequent usage of the synonyms) and in each of these two subdivisions I separate the correct and the incorrect usages.1993, Malacological Society of Australia, Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia - Volume 14, page 43
  2. A list of all published uses of a taxon name (usually a species name).
    • The paleobotanical literature concerned with the western North American Tertiary record would benefit from the use of the bibliographic device of chresonymy.1977, James Emory Eckenwalder, Systematics of Populus L. (Salicaceae) in Southwestern North America with Special Reference to Sect. Aigeiros Duby
    • An extensive chresonymy of the name rectirostris can be found in Palmer (1958: 215).1988, Kairuigaku Zasshi: - Volumes 47-48, page 176

Examples of chresonymy in a sentence

  • He was not the first to use that spelling and his chresonymy shows both spellings have been used almost equally.2009, Perry's Arcana, →ISBN:
  • Page numbers in the chresonymy citations refer to the first or, in some cases, the primary use of the name in the work in question (always the first use in the case of new names).1994, Aaron M. Bauer, Familia Gekkonidae (Reptilia, Sauria). Part I: Australia and Oceania, →ISBN:

Forms of chresonymy

pluralchresonymies

Words formed from chresonymy

  • heterochresonymy
  • orthochresonymy

Questions about chresonymy

What does chresonymy mean?
Chresonymy means a set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.
How do you use chresonymy in a sentence?
He was not the first to use that spelling and his chresonymy shows both spellings have been used almost equally.
What part of speech is chresonymy?
Chresonymy is a noun.
What is the plural of chresonymy?
The plural of chresonymy is chresonymies.

Words near chresonymy in the dictionary

  1. chresmographion
  2. chresmologue
  3. chresmologues
  4. chresmology
  5. chresonymies
  6. chresonymy
  7. Chrest
  8. chrestic
  9. chrestomath
  10. chrestomathic
  11. chrestomathical

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