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160 Terms used in Bionomenclature<br />

pro specie, [pro sp.]: as a species; used in citations to indicate either that a<br />

binary name regarded as that of a hybrid was originally published as<br />

that of a species, or as a synonym of another.<br />

pro synonymum, [pro syn.]: (bot., unoff.) as a synonym; used in citations<br />

to indicate that the name, when first published, was merely cited as a<br />

synonym of another name accepted by the author.<br />

profanotype: (zool., unoff.) the type of a taxon the name of which is<br />

offensive, for example because of its sexual nature(!).<br />

progeny: (cult. pl.) the result of propagation.<br />

progressotype: (zool., unoff.) the type specimen of a species the original<br />

habitat of which became an urban development, and so is probably<br />

now extinct(!).<br />

proles, [prol.]: (1) (bot., cult. pl., unoff.) a rank between subspecies and<br />

variety, used for the designation or a group of varieties conformable<br />

from the ecological-morphological and often also geographical<br />

points of view. (2) (bot., obsol.) a race.<br />

proposal, [propositus, prop.]: (1) (bot.) a suggested addition or<br />

amendment to the Code or a proposal for the conservation or<br />

rejection of a name to be considered by the appropriate Permanent<br />

Committee or by a subsequent International Botanical Congress. (2)<br />

(zool.) an action, whether successful or unsuccessful, to establish a<br />

nominal taxon or name or to carry out a nomenclature act. (3) (zool.)<br />

an application to the Commission (ICZN) for the adoption of a part<br />

of the List of Available Names in Zoology; see conditional proposal.<br />

proposed conserved name, [nomen conservandum propositum, nom.<br />

cons. prop.]: (bot.) a name formally proposed for conservation but<br />

on which a decision from the relevant Permanent Committee is<br />

pending.<br />

propositum, [prop.]: proposed.<br />

prostitutotype: (zool., unoff.) a type specimen sold by the describer to the<br />

highest bidder(!).<br />

prostype, [prostypus]: (obsol.) a pattern or model in representation.<br />

-prota: (zool., unoff.) proposed as a suffix to be used to indicate protistan<br />

groups in the rank of phylum.

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