Equivalence table of nomenclatural terms used in this code, the Draft BioCode and the current biological codes, except the International Code of Virus Classification and Nomenclature (patterned after a similar table in the Draft BioCode). The criteria represented by terms treated here as equivalent are not always exactly the same (e.g., establishment of a clade name in this code requires a phylogenetic definition, which is not a requirement of any other code).
- BioCode
- Draft BioCode (Taxon 60: 201–212 [2011])
- Prokaryotic Code
- International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes: Prokaryotic Code (2008 Revision) (published 2019)
- Botanical Code
- International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (Shenzhen Code) (2018)
- Zoological Code
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999, but including subsequent amendments that took effect in 2012)
| This Code | BioCode | Prokaryotic Code | Botanical Code | Zoological Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publication and precedence of names | ||||
| published | effectively published | effectively published | published | |
| precedence | precedence | priority | priority | precedence |
| earlier | earlier | senior | earlier | senior |
| later | later | junior | later | junior |
| Nomenclatural status | ||||
| established | established | validly published | validly published | available |
| converted | ||||
| acceptable | acceptable | legitimate | legitimate | potentially valid |
| registration | registration | validation | registration | registration |
| Taxonomic status | ||||
| accepted | accepted | correct | correct | valid |
| Synonymy and homonymy | ||||
| homodefinitional | objective | nomenclatural | objective | |
| heterodefinitional | subjective | taxonomic | subjective | |
| replacement name | replacement name | deliberate substitute | avowed substitute | new replacement name |
| superfluous name | unnecessary substitute name | |||
| Conservation and suppression | ||||
| conserved | conserved | conserved | conserved | conserved |
| suppressed | suppressed | rejected | rejected | suppressed |