The table below lists nomenclatural categories in column X along with their description in column Y.

  Column X   Column Y
a. Homonym  i. binomial name contains the same epithet for both the genus and species
b. Tautonym  ii. same binominal name given to a plant and an animal
c. Basionym  iii. original name of a taxon on which a new combination is based
d. Hemihomonym  iv. two or more specific or subspecific scientific names with the same spelling, but for different nominal taxa


Which of the following represents the correct sequence of matches:

1
a - iv, b - iii, c - ii, d - i
2
a - i, b - iv, c - iii, d - ii
3
a - iii, b - ii, c - i, d - iv
4
a - iv, b - i, c - iii, d - ii

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