What does nominotypical mean?
Nominotypical means (zoology, botany) Of a subspecies: nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population..
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(zoology, botany) Of a subspecies: nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population..
Motacilla alba alba is the nominotypical subspecies of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba).
Four species of the nominotypical subgenus are positively recorded from America north of Mexico... [referring to Physonota (Physonota) arizonae and three other species]
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Nominotypical means (zoology, botany) Of a subspecies: nominate, having a name which repeats the species name, designating that it represents the originally described population..
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Motacilla alba alba is the nominotypical subspecies of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba).
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