basionym

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Definition of basionym in English English dictionary

An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived

The name, Arundinaria distans is the basionym of Colanthelia distans.

In botany, the basionym of a name is its name- or epithet-bringing synonym

Etymology

() From basi- (“base”) + -onym (“name”) .