hemihomonym

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ homonym

Noun

hemihomonym (plural hemihomonyms)

1. (taxonomy) A scientific name of an organism that is also used for a different taxon in a different kingdom subject to a different code of nomenclature.

   Chaetopsis in Fungi is a hemihomonym of Chaetopsis in Insecta

   • 2013, Alexey Shipunov, “The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB)”, in Bionomina‎^[1]:

     Hemihomonyms (same nomina which are used for taxa from different nomenclature jurisdictions) are an overlooked but genuine nuisance in biological nomenclature.