heterotypic

English

Adjective

heterotypic (not comparable)

1. (botany) literally "with a different type". In botanical nomenclature a heterotypic synonym (or taxonomic synonym) is a synonym that comes into being when a taxon is reduced in status ("reduced to synonymy") and becomes part of a different taxon. The zoological equivalent is "subjective synonym".

Synonyms

• taxonomic

Antonyms

• homotypic