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	/**

	 * Returns the boolean value indicating whether <i>this</i> type designation

	 * status is itself "lectotype" or a kind of "lectotype" (true) or not

	 * (false). Returns false if <i>this</i> type designation status is null.<BR>

	 * A lectotype is a {@link eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.occurrence.DerivedUnit specimen or illustration} designated as the

	 * nomenclatural type, when no holotype was indicated at the time of

	 * publication of the "type-bringing" {@link TaxonName taxon name}, when the

	 * holotype is found to be assigned to taxon names belonging to more than

	 * one {@link HomotypicalGroup homotypical group}, or as long as it is missing.

	 *

	 * @see  #LECTOTYPE()

	 * @see  #HOLOTYPE()

	 * @see  eu.etaxonomy.cdm.model.common.DefinedTermBase#getKindOf()

	 */