Meaning of chresonymy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A set of various taxa that have been published for a particular species.
2. A list of all published uses of a taxon name (usually a species name).

Examples

“The unique combination of head characters and bipendulate aedeagus has resulted in considerable chresonymy and greatly broadened the geographical range of the group.”

“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.”

“He was not the first to use⟳ that spelling and his chresonymy shows both spellings have⟳ been used almost equally.”

“The paleobotanical literature concerned with the western North American Tertiary record⟳ would benefit from the use⟳ of the bibliographic device of chresonymy.”

“An extensive chresonymy of the name⟳ rectirostris can be found in Palmer (1958: 215).”

“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).”

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