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The 29 pages that link to Type specimen, each with the reason it gives.

• TaxonomyRelated: It anchors a species name to a physical reference rather than a shifting description.

• Plant taxonomyRelated: Names are tied to types, stabilizing their use when classifications change.

• Binomial nomenclatureRelated: A species name is anchored to a nomenclatural type, not merely to its written description.

• Linnaean taxonomyRelated: Name-bearing types help keep Linnaean names tied to particular organisms.

• HerbariumBroader topic: Herbaria preserve the reference specimens that anchor plant names.

• Phylogenetic nomenclatureCompared with: Traditional type-based naming contrasts with definitions that identify clades through ancestors and descendants.

• Plant systematicsRelated: Type specimens fix which plant a scientific name denotes.

• TaxonRelated: A type specimen anchors a taxon's name to a physical reference.

• Fish taxonomyRelated: A fish species name is tied to its designated type specimen.

• Taxonomic revisionRelated: Comparisons with name-bearing types help determine which names apply after reassessment.

• HolotypeNarrower topic: A holotype is one specific kind of type specimen.

• Fossil collectingBroader topic: Some collected fossils become permanent references for naming fossil species.

• Species descriptionRelated: The description links its proposed name to a name-bearing reference.

• Joseph LeidyRelated: His descriptions relied on specimens whose preserved features could anchor taxonomic claims.

• Elias Magnus FriesRelated: Modern interpretation of names Fries published can depend on designated types.

• Insect taxonomyRelated: Type specimens fix which insect population a scientific name denotes.

• George Albert BoulengerRelated: Species descriptions relied on specimens that fixed the application of their names.

• Type speciesBroader topic: A type species is itself anchored by the type specimen of one included species.

• Albert GüntherRelated: Museum specimens anchored the species descriptions that Günther and his colleagues published.

• DryopithecusRelated: The genus's definition depends on its original fossil material and later taxonomic judgments.

• Roystonea oleraceaNarrower topic: Type material helps fix which plant the name Roystonea oleracea denotes.

• Type genusBroader topic: The specimen anchors a species name, while a type genus anchors a family-group name.

• MegarachneNarrower topic: The original specimen remains central to understanding the genus’s taxonomic history.

• CervalcesRelated: Type material determines how names such as Cervalces are applied.

• Cherax pulcherRelated: The name Cherax pulcher is anchored by material designated in its formal description.

• Johann Jakob HeckelRelated: Type material underpins the taxonomic descriptions Heckel produced.

• Kimura spiderRelated: A type specimen can resolve which animal a formal name denotes, if one is supplied.

• OrnithocheirusRelated: Its type material anchors the name Ornithocheirus despite uncertainty about what belongs in the genus.

• PlatypterygiusRelated: The genus name is anchored to a designated fossil specimen.