NOMENCLATURE ICN

Question 1

principal ranks of taxa

Answer 1

KPCOFGS

Question 2

secondary taxa

Answer 2

tribe
section
series
variety
form

Question 3

the specimen to which the name of a taxon is permanently attached

Answer 3

Nomenclatural type

Question 4

specimen or illustration used by the author as the nomenclatural type

Answer 4

holotype

Question 5

specimen designated from the orignal material as the type, if no holotype was indicated at the time of publication or is missing

Answer 5

lectotype

Question 6

any duplicate of holotype

Answer 6

isotype

Question 7

any specimen cited in the published work when there is no holotype

Answer 7

syntype

Question 8

designated as type specimen under the ff conditions:
no holotype
holotype destroyed / lost
found to belong more than one taxon

Answer 8

neotype

Question 9

each family or taxon of lower rank can bear only ________

Answer 9

one correct name except from the 9 plant fam:

Apiacea
Arecaceae
Asteraceae
Brassicaceae
Clusiaceae
Fabaceae/Papilionaceae
Lamiaceae
Poaceae

Question 10

and 1 subfamily

Answer 10

Papolionoideae

Question 11

formed by replacing the suffix “acea” by the termination denoting their rank; usually preceded by the connecting vowel “o” if the termination begins with a consonant

Answer 11

Automatically typified name

Question 12

not so formed, which may be used unchanged at different ranks

Answer 12

descriptive names

Question 13

division

Answer 13

phyta , mycota

Question 14

subdivision

Answer 14

phytina, mycotina

Question 15

class

Answer 15

opsida, phyceae, mycetes

Question 16

subclass

Answer 16

idae, phycidae, mycetidae

Question 17

order

Answer 17

ales

Question 18

suborder

Answer 18

ineae

Question 19

family

Answer 19

aceae

Question 20

subfam

Answer 20

oideae

Question 21

tribe

Answer 21

eae

Question 22

subtribe

Answer 22

inae

Question 23

male

Answer 23

• us
• er
• is
• r

Question 24

female

Answer 24

• a
• ra
• is
• ris

Question 25

n

Answer 25

• um
• rum
• e
• re

Question 26

three genders

Answer 26

• ans
• ens
• r
• x

Question 27

binary combination of genus followed by a specific epithet is usually an _____

Answer 27

adjective

Question 28

the specific epithet when in adjectival form, ________

Answer 28

agrees grammatically with the generic name

Question 29

when the epithet is a noun _____

Answer 29

it retains its own gender and termination