Question

Specimen selected from original material to serve as new nomenclature type when holotype is missing

• A. Syntype
• B. Paratype
• C. Lectotype
• D. Isotype

Answer 1

The correct option is C Lectotype

• A type specimen is a specimen which acts as the reference point when the plant species were first named.
  
• A syntype is a type in which any of the two specimens that are of the same taxon and where the holotype is missing.
• The paratype is a type which tells about the scientific name of a species and taxon but holotype is missing.
• A lectotype is a type which serves the information that specimens are from the same as original ones and holotypes are lost.
• Isotype is a type which is the duplicate of holotypes.

So, the correct option is 'Lectotype'.