literally "with the same type". In botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (or nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act
when a new name for a taxon is coined without displacing the existing name, the new name becomes a homotypic synonym.
{s} (about an organ or body part) similar in structure to another organ or body part (Biology)
literally "with the same type". In botanical nomenclature a homotypic synonym (or nomenclatural synonym) is a synonym that comes into being through a nomenclatural act"