Combinatio nova explained

Combinatio nova, abbreviated comb. nov. (sometimes n. comb.), is Latin for "new combination". It is used in taxonomic biology literature when a new name is introduced based on a pre-existing name. The term should not be confused with Latin: [[species nova]], used for a previously unnamed species. The new combination replaces the superseded combination.

There are three situations:[1]

Examples

When an earlier named species is assigned to a different genus, the new genus name is combined with of said species, e.g. when Calymmatobacterium granulomatis was renamed Klebsiella granulomatis, it was referred to as Klebsiella granulomatis comb. nov. to denote it was a new combination.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Turland, N.. 2013. Regnum Vegetabile Volume 155. The Code Decoded: A user's guide to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants. Koeltz Scientific Books. 978-3-87429-433-1.
  2. O'Farrell N . Donovanosis . Sex Transm Infect . 78 . 6 . 452–7 . December 2002 . 12473810 . 1758360 . 10.1136/sti.78.6.452.