Author: Michal Maňas
Text ID: 2258
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Created: 2005-05-09 19:29:35 - User Ondřej Zicha
Language: EN
tautonymy, n. (tautonymous, a.)
The use of the same word for the name of a genus-group taxon and for the species-group name of one of its included species and/or subspecies.
Source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. - International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, XXIX + 306 pp.