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212 Terms used in Bionomenclature
as the genus name; not a term regulated by the Code; see also
autonym.
-virus: (vir.) a suffix added to a word or name, however, formed to make a
generic name for a virus.
Virus Adansonian Classification, [VAC]: see cryptogram.
vivotype: (zool., unoff.) a living type specimen requiring special handling
and storage; see also alivotype, ex.
von Maehrenthal Code, The: (zool., obsol.) published in 1904, and a
forerunner of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
(q.v.).
voted example, [*Ex.]: (bot.) an Example (q.v.) mandated by an
International Botanical Congress to be inserted in the Code in order
to legislate nomenclatural practice when the corresponding Article is
open to divergent interpretation or does not adequately cover the
matter (as contrasted with other Examples provided by the Editorial
Committee); such examples are prefixed by an asterisk (*) in the
Code and are to be followed.
voucher specimen: a nominated specimen representing the taxonomic unit
mentioned in a work, which may or may not be any category of
type, for example, a specimen used in a physiological study or
retained as evidence that it was found in a particular location.
vowel, connecting: see connecting vowel.
vs.: see versus.
vulgar: (obsol.) of designations, one in the vernacular (q.v.); a common
name.
Walker type: see ambiguotype.
WFCC: World Federation for Culture Collections (q.v.).
whole-plant species: (palaeo. bot., unoff.) a morphologically delimited
conceptual aggregate of all of the organ species (q.v.) required to