a specimen plant or animal taken from an area regarded as the typical habitat
topotype in American English
(ˈtɑpəˌtaip)
noun
Biology
a specimen from the locality at which the type was first collected
Derived forms
topotypic (ˌtɑpəˈtɪpɪk)topotypical
adjective
Word origin
[1890–95; topo- + -type]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cholesterol, historicism, masochism, phoneme, plein-air-type is a suffix representing type (prototype), esp. in names of photographic processes (ferrotype). Other words that use the affix -type include: cerotype, cyanotype, ivorytype, serotype, stereotype