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(Of orchids) flowers lacking the usual twist of the stem or pedicel attached to the ovary that positions the lip below.  

The usage or application of names in plant taxonomy. A system or set of names or designations used in classifying or identifying subjects, e.g., species, mental illnesses, and geologic timeframes. A classified system of technical or scientific names.  

(In nomenclature) the element (specimen or illustration) with which the name of the taxon is permanently associated.  

(In nomenclature) superfluous name, a name that when first validly published was applied by its author to a taxon circumscribed so as to include the type of another name (which the author ought to have adopted).  

(In nomenclature) name or epithet to be rejected, if applied it would cause a disadvantageous nomenclatural change. Rejected names are listed in the I.C.B.N.  

In nomenclature) Name or epithet published but without a description or diagnosis, or without a reference to any of these; Invalidly published name or epithet.  

(In nomenclature) name or epithet published as a replacement for an earlier name or epithet; for example, as a replacement for a name that would not be valid in a new combination.  

(In nomenclature) illegal name, a name that was nomenclaturally superfluous when published (because the taxon and type had already been validly published under another name) or a later homonym of a previously published name.  

(In nomenclature) name whose use is officially permitted in spite of its contravention of one or more articles of the I.C.B.N.