different between ecotype vs ectype

English

Etymology

From eco- +? type, coined in 1922 by Swedish botanist Göte Turesson.

Noun

ecotype (plural ecotypes)

1. (ecology) A phenotype that is adapted to a specific environment.

   Synonym: ecospecies

   • 1997, Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, Claudio Ghersa, Weed Ecology: Implications for Management page 78,

     She collected rhizomes of two ecotypes, a northern ecotype originally from Yellowstone County, Montana, and a southern ecotype from an agricultural field near Hollister, California.

   • 1997, Mark R. Macnair, The evolution of plants in metal-contaminated environments, in Rudolf Bijlsma, Volker Loeschcke (editors), Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Evolution, page 19,

     The more interesting question is, What is the difference between an endemic and an ecotype?

Translations

Related terms

• ecotypic
• subecotype

Further reading

• ecotype on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Noun

ectype (plural ectypes)

1. (philosophy) A copy, usually contrasted with the original, or archetype.
   • 2001, Hermathena: A Trinity College Dublin Review, Issues 170-172, page 30,

     If my account is correct, both archetypes and ectypes are 'real' insofar as they are composed of ideas of sensation. But I draw a distinction that Johnson does not acknowledge, viz., a distinction between ontological and epistemic ectypes.

   • 2004, Jean-Luc Marion, James K. A. Smith (translator), The Crossing of the Visible, page 38,

     The painting traces itself from itself by suddenly appearing in these ectypes. But the ectypes only mark the final accomplishment of this sudden appearance.
2. An idea or impression that corresponds to external reality.

Related terms

• ectypal

French

Noun

ectype f (plural ectypes)

1. ectype