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148 Terms used in Bionomenclature
partim, [part.]: partly, in part; (unoff.) sometimes used in citations to
indicate names used partly in one sense; cfr pro parte.
parvi-: (bot.) prefix used to signify a category of a rank between those
denoted by the prefixes “infra-” and “super-”, e.g. parviclass,
parviorder, parvisubkingdom.
passim: here and there.
pathotype: (1) (prok., obsol.) a pathovar (q.v.). (2) (vir.) in use in the sense
of pathovar.
pathovar, [pv.]: (prok.) a strain or set of strains with the same or similar
characteristics, differentiated at infrasubspecific level from other
strains of the same species or subspecies on the basis of distinctive
pathogenicity to one or more plant hosts; a pathotype. The naming
of pathovars of plants is subject to the International Standards for
Naming Pathovars of Phytopathogenic Bacteria prepared by the
Committee on the Taxonomy of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria of the
International Society for Plant Pathology.
patent name: (prok.) a name cited only in patent application; such names
are treated as if not effectively published; see also plant patent.
patronym: (not nomenclatural) the name of a person; see patronymic.
patronymic: (1) of a name, one involving a patronymic prefix (e.g. Belgian
“Van”, Dutch “van”, Irish “O”, Scottish “Mac”, “mc” and “M’”) or
suffix (e.g. Russian “-vich”, Danish”-sen”, English Scandinavian”-
son”); see also matronymic. (2) (unoff.) sometimes also used in the
sense of an eponym (q.v.).
patronymotype: (zool., unoff.) the type specimen of a new species in the
personal collection of a collector who will donate it to an institution
if the new species is named after him or her (!).
PDHC: Palaeontological Data-Handling Code (q.v.).
per: (bot., obsol.) used in place of “ex” in author citations by some
mycological authors when a pre-starting point name was being
validated; see revalidated name, sanctioned name.
perfect state: a teleomorph (q.v.).