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Typification is a process of creating standard (typical) social construction
Social construction
A social construction is any phenomenon 'invented' or 'constructed' by participants in a particular culture or society, existing because people agree to behave as if it exists or follow certain conventional rules. One example of a social construct is social status...

based on standard assumptions.
A keeping of botanical material for standard of reference, specially in a public institution, like Linnean Herbarium in London. e.g. Biological type
Biological type
In biology, a type is that which fixes a name to a taxon. Depending on the nomenclature code which is applied to the organism in question, a type may be a specimen, culture, illustration, description or taxon....

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