| 单词 | principle of priority |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprinciple of priority 4. Taxonomy. The claim of the earliest validly published Latin name to be taken as the correct one for a particular organism. Frequently in law of priority or principle of priority. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [noun] > name of species > precedence for first-published Latin name priority1842 1842 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 109 We have no hesitation in adopting as our fundamental maxim, the ‘law of priority’, viz... The name originally given by the founder of a group or the describer of a species should be permanently retained. 1895 Amer. Naturalist 29 585 In the naming of species the principle of priority should govern, but a sure name shall not be thrust aside for a doubtful one. 1928 D. B. Swingle Textbk. Syst. Bot. vii. 68 By agreement botanists do not go back of Linnaeus' ‘Species Plantarum’ (1753) to establish priority in the publication of names. 1992 Brittonia 44 422 If, in the future, priority is extended to ordinal names, the citation for the Order Cycadales..should be changed. 2003 Trends Ecol. & Evol. 18 75/1 This is primarily because of the Principle of Priority (i.e. an older name always takes precedence), the main purpose of which is to resolve problems of synonymy and homonymy. < as lemmas |
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