monotypic

American  

[mon-uh-tip-ik] / ˌmɒn əˈtɪp ɪk /

adjective

1. having only one type.

2. of the nature of a monotype.

3. Biology. having only one representative, as a genus with a single species.

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monotypic British  

/ ˌmɒnəʊˈtɪpɪk /

adjective

1. (of a genus or species) consisting of only one type of animal or plant

2. of or relating to a monotype

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monotypic Scientific  

/ mŏn′ə-tĭp′ĭk /

1. Having a single form or member, especially containing no more than one taxonomic category of the next lower rank. A monotypic genus contains a single species, while a monotypic species consists of a single population that is not divided into subspecies.

2. Compare polytypic

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Etymology

Origin of monotypic

1875–80; mono- + type ( def. ) + -ic ( def. )

Example Sentences

When Hansen started at Ogden Bay WMA three years ago, he described driving down the management area dikes, completely socked in by a sea of monotypic green.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2018

Similarly, and still more recently, Professor Le Conte writes:— It is evident, then, as Romanes claims, that natural selection alone tends to monotypic evolution.

From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol 3 of 3) Post-Darwinian Questions: Isolation and Physiological Selection by Romanes, George John

Other references to the monotypic genus have consisted only of a listing of the name or of its inclusion in a key.

From Systematic Status of a South American Frog, Allophryne ruthveni Gaige by Lynch, John D.

PUVIS, effects of foreign pollen on apples. -supposed non-variability of monotypic genera.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles

Three are monotypic and the fourth has three subspecies, making a total of six taxa.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John