An alternative method to record a synonym is to use the All Synonyms tab in the record of the currently accepted name. First ensure that the junior synonym is not recorded as being a currently accepted name (i.e. Currently Accepted?: (Currently Accepted Name) should be set to Unknown or No).
Example
- In 1910 Wood identified a new zoological species which was called Gus hus Wood, 1910.
This was a currently accepted name:
And is indicated as the original name on the Primary Citation tab (Is Original Name?: (Original Name) is set to
Yes). - In 1950, and using a different HolotypeIn Taxonomy the definitive Type specimen on which a scientific name of a species is based. to Wood, Brown identified Jus kus Brown, 1950.
This too was a currently accepted name:
And is indicated as the original name on the Primary Citation tab (Is Original Name?: (Original Name) is set to
Yes). - In 2004 another scientist decided that though the type specimens were different these two names really refer to the same species. In this case:
- The currently accepted name would be Gus hus Wood, 1910 as it has PriorityIn Taxonomy, where two or more scientific names are synonyms, the Name that was published before the others is said to have Priority and is the Currently Accepted Name for a species..
- The scientific name Jus kus Brown, 1950 would remain exactly as it is - no re-combination has taken place - but it would be considered a heterotypic synonym of Gus hus Wood, 1910. This will be the junior synonym in this relationship.
- The currently accepted name would be Gus hus Wood, 1910 as it has Priority
- In Jus kus Brown, 1950 (the Junior synonym in this relationship because Gus hus Wood, 1910 was published first) check whether Is Original Name?: (Original Name) is set to
Yes. If so, select Unknown from the drop list. - On the Classification tab of Jus kus Brown, 1950, select Unknown from the Currently Accepted?: (Currently Accepted Name) drop list.
- Save the record.
- On the All Synonyms tab of Gus hus Wood, 1910, enter
Jus kus Brown, 1950in the Name: (Details) field and click the Attach
button (or press the TAB key).Jus kus Brown, 1950 is added to the List and automatically identified as a Heterotypic synonym:
Note: If we were recording a homotypic relationship, we'd select Homotypic from the Kind of Synonym: (Details) field or we would have added Jus kus Brown, 1950 on the Homotypics tab.
If we check the Jus kus Brown, 1950 record we find that Currently Accepted?: (Currently Accepted Name) is set to
Noand Current Name: (Currently Accepted name) points to Gus hus Wood, 1910: