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Definition of Polytypic
1. Adjective. (taxonomy) having several different taxa of the next lower rank, especially having several subspecies ¹
2. Adjective. exhibiting polytypism ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polytypic
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Polytypic
1. Containing more than one taxon of the next lower rank. Compare: monotypic. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polytypic
Literary usage of Polytypic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1902)
"polytypic ASTER After the establishment of ... as a polytypic genus by Clu sius,
1576—1601, etc., a rapid increase in new species followed, species then ..."
2. Darwin, and After Darwin by George John Romanes (1906)
"So likewise, in the succeeding discussion on "divergence of character," the
analogy is again resorted to for the purpose of showing how polytypic evolution ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1907)
"While in the broader geographic sense this effect would be polytypic, ... in his
theory of Divergence of Character, seems to allow polytypic evolution ..."
4. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"By this I mean good polytypic species in which the extreme subspecies differ ...
Is it possible that the failure of most botanists to adopt the polytypic ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1898)
"species and domesticated varieties in respect of cross-sterility : the other,
the fact that natural selection cannot possibly give rise to polytypic as ..."
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