Associations, Authorities, Organizations, & Publications…
VIB – “Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie is a life sciences research institute in Flanders, Belgium. With more than 1470 scientists from over 60 countries, we perform basic research into the molecular foundations of life… an excellence-based entrepreneurial institute that focuses on translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications…. [that] works in close partnership with five universities − UGent, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Hasselt University and is funded by the Flemish government.”
VNPS – “The Virginia Native Plant Society is dedicated to the protection and preservation of the native plants of Virginia and their habitats, in order to sustain for generations to come the integrity of the Commonwealth’s rich natural heritage of ecosystems and biodiversity for purposes of enjoyment, enlightenment, sustainable use, and our own very survival. To this end, we advocate and follow practices that will conserve our natural endowment, and we discourage and combat practices that will endanger or destroy it. We are committed to do all we can to slow the accelerating conversion of natural landscape to built and planted landscape and to reduce its damage to natural ecosystems.”
Description, Structure, Classification, Ecology, Cultivation, Commercial….
Var., vars. – Variety, as defined taxonomically
V/O – Volatile oil determination, a measure of volatile oils needed to identify adulteration.
V. v. c. – (Vidi vivam cultam) tells the reader a plant was seen by the author in cultivation.
V. v. s. – (Vidi vivam spontaneum) – tells the reader a plant was seen, alive and in the wild.
V. s. c. – (Vidi seccam cultam) – the author studied a dried specimen of a cultivated sample of the plant
V. s. s. – (Vidi seccam sponaneum) – the author inspected a dried specimen of a wild-collected plant.
Kew Plant Family Abbreviations:
VAC – Vacciniaceae – dicot
VAL – Valerianaceae – dicot
VHL – Vahliaceae – dicot
VIO – Violaceae – dicot
VIS – Viscaceae – dicot
VIT – Vitaceae – dicot
VIV – Vivianaceae – dicot
VLL – Velloziaceae – monocot
VOC – Vochysiaceae – dicot
VRB – Verbenaceae – dicot
VTT – Vittariaceae – pteridophyte
Genes, Control, Molecules, & Pathways…
V – 1-letter symbol for the amino acid Valine
Val – abbreviation for the amino acid Valine
VP – viviparous gene
VOC – Volatile organic compounds.
VVA – Vicia villosa agglutinin – a lectin
Herbaria…
V – Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
VAL – Universitat de Valéncia, Valencia, Spain
VAS – Vassar College Herbarium, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York
VEN – Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
VER – Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Verona, Italy
VDB – Botanical Research Institute of Texas Herbarium, Fort Worth, Texas
VIT – Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Alava, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
VLA – Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
VNC – Los Angeles Valley College Herbarium, Van Nuys, California
VNM – Institute of Tropical Biology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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