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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.