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210 Terms used in Bionomenclature
-var.: (prok.) suffix used to indicate infrasubspecific rank, not regulated by
the Code, e.g. pathovar, serovar; recommended for use instead of the
suffix “-type”.
var. (geogr.): see microsubspecies.
variable spelling: see variant spelling.
variant: (1) (cult. pl.) a plant or group of plants which shows some measure
of difference from characteristics associated with a particular taxon.
(2) (prok., unoff.) a culture not identical with the parent in all its
characters, and also used for unnamed variation within a species.
variant spelling: (zool.) different spellings of specific or subspecific names
that are deemed to be identical for the purposes of the Principle of
Homonymy (q.v.).
varietal denomination: (cult. pl.) the name for a cultivar designated under
the terminology of statutory plant registration authority; see also
statutory epithet.
varietas: a variety (q.v.).
variety, [varietas, var.]: (1) (bot.), a category in the taxonomic hierarchy
between that of subspecies and form. (2) (cult. pl.) used in some
national and international legislation to denominate one clearly
distinguishable taxonomic unit below the rank of species from
others; generally, in such legislative texts, a term exactly equivalent
to cultivar (q.v.). (3) (zool., obsol.) a term that if published after
1960 is deemed to be of infrasubspecific rank, but that if published
before 1961 is to be interpreted according to the Code as subspecific
if the author used the rank of variety or form and did not expressly
give it infrasubspecific rank. (4) (prok.), see –var.
VCG: see vegetative compatability group.
vegetative compatability group, [VCG]: a group of fungal strains which
vegetatively anastomose or fuse to form stable heterokaryons.
vegetative reproduction: (cult. pl.) see asexual propagation.
vel, [v.]: or.
vernacular name: (1) a name for an organism or organisms in a language
used for general purposes as opposed to a name proposed only for