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polytypic
[ pol-ee-tip-ik ]
adjective
- having or involving many or several types.
polytypic
/ ˌpɒlɪˈtɪpɪk /
adjective
- existing in, consisting of, or incorporating several different types or forms
- biology (of a taxonomic group) having many subdivisions, esp (of a species) having many subspecies and geographical races
polytypic
/ pŏl′ē-tĭp′ĭk /
- Having several variant forms, especially containing more than one taxonomic category of the next lower rank. A polytypic genus contains two or more different species, while a polytypic species consists of two or more subspecies.
- Compare monotypic
Word History and Origins
Origin of polytypic1
Example Sentences
Furthermore, this isn’t the end of it, since they noted that their study was not a revision of the entire species complex but merely an initial demonstration of ‘P. plica’s’ polytypic status.
Put together, Mayr said, these various practical and theoretical considerations dictated that every one of the human fossils known should be placed within a single evolving polytypic lineage.
Two Recent species, each polytypic with eight subspecies, and five fossil species are recognized.
The bar of mutual sterility, whenever and wherever it occurs, must always render polytypic evolution possible.
Or, in other words, natural selection, when acting alone, can never induce polytypic evolution, but only monotypic.
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