protologueprotologn.
/ˈprəʊtə(ʊ)lɒɡ/, U.S. /ˈproʊdəˌlɔɡ/, /ˈproʊdəˌlɑɡ/ Taxonomy (chiefly Botany).
The type description of a species, genus, etc. In later use: spec. the full details (diagnosis, description, synonymy, distributional data, citation of specimens, etc.) accompanying a name at its first publication.
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synonymy1782
trinomialism1884
protologue1905
1905 C. Schuchert & S. S. Buckman in Science 9 June 900/1 For the sake of accuracy we suggest that the original description by words (type-description) be called the protolog.
1939 Jrnl. Bot., Brit. & Foreign 77 206 A ‘protologue’ is the printed matter (description etc.) accompanying the original publication of a name or epithet.
1957 W. T. Stearn Linnaeus's Species Plantarum xiii. 126 For each Linnaean species all the constituent elements in Linnaeus's protologue must be taken into consideration.
1958 Taxon 7 257/2 A new term ‘protologue’ is introduced and is intended to include all the evidence adduced by the original author of a new name.
1983 Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 70 122/1 The protolog of the species is inadequate to determine with certainty which species Britton and Rose intended.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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