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supraspecies|ˈs(j)uːprəˌspiːʃiːz, -siːz|
[f. supra- 6 + species n.]
(See quot. 1940.) So supraspeˈcific a., above the rank of a species.
1940J. S. Huxley New Systematics 10 We may substitute the term ‘species-group’, reserving the term ‘supraspecies’ for groups of an intermediate nature, in which it is dubious whether the constituent groups are best called subspecies or species. 1942E. Mayr Systematics & Origin of Species vii. 169 The term supraspecies..seems to me to be an unfortunate combination. 1961Supraspecific [see nomenclatural a.]. 1975Nature 9 Oct. 516/1 Because supraspecific taxa have different numbers of species, their observed linearity is evidence for the ecological reality of supraspecific taxa. |