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209 The naming of organisms (and plant communities)
v.: see vel, verso, versus, vice, vide.
VAC: see cryptogram.
valid name: (1) (zool.) of an available name, one acceptable under the
provisions of the Code and which is the correct name for a taxon in
an author’s taxonomic judgement. (2) (bot.) a validly published
name, i.e. one published according to criteria for valid publication
according to the Code; an effectively published name fulfilling
certain requirements, and before considerations of legitimacy are
entertained; only designations that are validly published are names
in the sense of the Code; see also publication. (3) (vir.) a name
conforming to the Code and pertaining to established taxa; see also
accepted name.
valid nomenclatural act: (zool.) one that is to be accepted under the
provisions of the Code, i.e. the earliest available nomenclatural act
relevant to a particular name or nominal taxon which does not
contravene any provisions of the Code.
valid publication: see valid name.
validate: (bot.) to make valid, used in the context of valid publication of a
name, either with reference to an existing designation (q.v.), or in
describing the method by which this is effected.
validated: (zool., obsol.) of a name, formerly used in the sense of
conserved, i.e. a name that was considered and accorded potentially
valid status by the Commission (ICZN).
Validation Lists: (prok.) lists of names effectively published elsewhere
which are compiled and published in issues of the International
Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology to achieve
valid publication.
validly published name: (bot.) a name effectively published and in
accordance with the requirements of the Code for valid publication;
see valid name.
vampirotype: (zool., unoff.) a type specimen, usually an insect, mounted
with an oversized pin for the size of the specimen so that it appears
impaled (!).
var.: see variety.