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463: 133: 36: 240:, a valid publication of a name requires the deposition of the bacteria in a Bacteriology Culture Collection. Species for which this is impossible cannot receive a valid binomial name; these species are classified as 384:
Susanne S. Renner, Joeri S. Strijk, Dominique Strasberg, and Christophe Thébaud. 2010. "Biogeography of the Monimiaceae (Laurales): a role for East Gondwana and long-distance dispersal, but not West Gondwana".
202:. In some cases, there is more than one undescribed species in a genus. In this case, these are often referred to by a number or letter. In the shark genus 316:
J.Gay in family Apiaceae. In 2010, it was noted as illegitimate, but still used with quotation marks. This name was replaced with
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or other collection. It may also consist of the genus name followed by such a specimen identifier or by a provisional
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has been published, the taxon has no formal or official name, although a temporary, informal name is often used. A
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may not fulfil the requirements of the Codes for various reasons. For example, if the taxon was not adequately
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Whiffin) was published in 2007 for a genus in family Monimiaceae, but is an illegitimate homonym of
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under such a designation. An enquoted name, however, is not necessarily unpublished. It may be an
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is also used to label specimens or images that are too incomplete to be identified at the species
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A provisional name for a species may consist of the number or of some other designation of a
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An undescribed species may be referred to with the genus name, followed by "sp.", but this
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specify the requirements for a new taxon to be validly described and named. Until such a
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Taxon that has been discovered but not yet formally described and named
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which is enclosed by quotation marks. In the latter case, the
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belongs to an undescribed species (as of September, 2009).
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sp. A, B, C and D. (In 2008, sp. A was described as
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Undescribed species

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