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144 Terms used in Bionomenclature
orthography: spelling; the conventional or correct spelling of a word or
name.
orthography conservation proposed, [orth. cons. prop.]: a name
proposed for conservation with a particular spelling; see
orthography conserved.
orthography conserved, [orth. cons.]: a name conserved to preserve a
particular spelling, usually one different from that in the original
place of publication of the name.
orthotype: (zool., unoff.) the type species of a genus that was originally
designated as the type in the original place of publication; see also
genotype.
orthotypic: (zool., unoff.) of a genus-group name, one with an orthotype
(q.v.).
-ota: (bot., unoff.) suffix proposed for names in the rank of superkingdom.
OTU: see operational taxonomic unit.
out-cross: (cult. pl.) hybridization of an existing population of cultivated
plants which extends its gene pool and may therefore alter the
overall characteristics of that population.
overscore: see macron.
ovoholotype: see ootype.
ovoparatype: see ootype.
ovotype: see ootype.
p. [pl. pp.]: page.
P, ([P], P ): (phyl.) when placed in squared brackets or a superscript after a
scientific name, used to a designate a name governed by the
PhyloCode and not one of the pre-existing rank-based Codes, e.g.
Teucrioideae [P] or Teucrioideae P ; see R.
p.p.: pro parte (q.v.).
p.v.: pathovar (q.v.).