Taxonomic authority
taxonomic authority (noun, pl. taxonomic authorities;nomenclature term) – a person with a lot of taxonomic expertise, often working as a specialist in a particular group. The term authority is also frequently used erroneously in the sense of a taxon author or author citation of a taxon name. This usage is incorrect, because a taxonomist must not necessarily have described a particular taxon in order to have acquired taxonomic knowledge about it.
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