Orthographical variant

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In biological nomenclature, an orthographical variant is a variant spelling of the same name. The spellings Hieronyma, Hieronima and Hyeronima are different spellings of one and the same name, which has a single date of publication.

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Priority starts with this date of publication. In this case the spelling of Hieronyma has been conserved and is to be used.

An inadvertent use of one of the other spellings has no consequences: the name is to be treated as if it were correctly spelled. Any subsequent use is to be corrected.

Orthographical variants are treated in Art 61 of the ICBN.