One example of a botanical tautonym is'Larix larix '.
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For animals, a tautonym implicitly indicates that the species is the type of its genus.
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His proposed name created a tautonym.
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Patouillard had originally named the genus " Melaleuca " in 1887 and called the type species " Melaleuca vulgaris ", presumably to avoid a tautonym.
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Cheadle, for example, is generally reckoned a tautonym, with the Old English " leah ", also meaning a wood, glossing the original Celtic term.
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In past editions of the zoological Code, the term tautonym was used, but it has now been replaced by the more inclusive " tautonymous names "; these include trinomial names such as " Gorilla gorilla gorilla ".
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The species names of common animals are often identical to their genus names ( as with " Rattus rattus " or " Bufo bufo " ), but this form of designation ( known as a tautonym ) is forbidden for plants and fungi by the International Code of Nomenclature . " Melanoleuca melaleuca " narrowly circumvents this rule.