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208 Terms used in Bionomenclature<br />
unjustified emendation: (zool.) any emendation (q.v.) other than a justified<br />
emendation (q.v.).<br />
unjustified original spelling: (zool.) the spelling of a family-group name<br />
based upon an unjustified emendation of a generic name<br />
unnecessary substitute name: (zool.) a replacement name (q.v.)<br />
introduced when no such name was required.<br />
unpublished name, [unpubl.]: a designation that has not been effectively<br />
published, i.e. not “names” in the sense of (bot.), used mainly with<br />
reference to designations in manuscripts or on specimen labels; cfr<br />
ined.<br />
unpublished work, [unpubl.]: a work that is not (zool.) published or (bot.)<br />
effectively published, or in (zool.) one that the Commission (ICZN)<br />
has ruled to be treated as unpublished.<br />
unrestricted emendation: (phyl.) a formal change in a phylogenetic<br />
definition that does not require approval by the Committee on<br />
Phylogenetic Nomenclature; an unrestricted emendation is intended<br />
to prevent undesirable changes in the application of a particular<br />
name (in terms of clade conceptualization) when the original<br />
definition is applied in the context of a revised phylogeny; see<br />
restricted emendation.<br />
unshared organ species: see autapospecies.<br />
unused name: see forgotten name, nomen oblitum.<br />
UPOV: (cult. pl.) Union Internationale Pour la Protection des Obtentions<br />
Végétales (International Union for the Protection of New Varieties<br />
of Plants), the international body mandated with overseeing the<br />
administration of Plant Breeder’s Rights.<br />
urkingdom: (unoff.) proposed as a term for a hierarchial rank above that of<br />
kingdom, to include one or more kingdoms.<br />
usage: the sense in which a name has been applied, whether correctly or<br />
incorrectly according to a Code; see existing usage, prevailing<br />
usage.