English

Noun

protonym ‎(plural protonyms)

1. (taxonomy) An unofficial name (often the first) for a new species that may or may not be officially recognized
   • 1968 Mien A. Rifai, "The Australasian Pezizales in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew"

     The protonym of Macroscyphus appears to be Nees von Esenbeck's (1817) [genus] Peziza ...

   • 2005 Bertram Ludäscher, Louiqa Raschid, "Data integration in the life sciences"

     Protonyms form the name for later revised opinions on a taxon concept as implicitly or explicitly circumscribed in a subsequent publication...