non-type

[Andrew Doran]

according to the type definaitionn at Florida Museum of Natural History a
Non-type is "not a type" - specimens which are erroneously labelled as types.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/natsci/herbarium/types/typeannotation.htm

Andrew



At 10:34 PM 7/30/02 +0200, Gianluca Polgar wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>could anyone explain me what exactly is a "non-type"?
>
>
>Thank you
>
>
>Gianluca Polgar
>
>Gianluca Polgar
>c/o prof L. Bullini
>Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"
>Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology, "Charles Darwin"
>Via dei Sardi, 70
>00185
>Roma, Italy
>
Andrew S. Doran
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