Meaning of protonym | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The first legitimate name of a taxon, on which the currently accepted name is based.
2. The first/original entity after which another entity is named without the entities being related. If the entities are related, then the original entity is the eponym of the subsequent entities.
   uncommon

Examples

“The protonym of Macroscyphus appears to be Nees von Esenbeck's (1817) [genus] Peziza ...”

“Protonyms form the name for later revised opinions on a taxon concept as implicitly or explicitly circumscribed in a subsequent publication...”

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