A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Pathovar (Eng.noun), a pathogenic variety, infrasubspecific rank, i.e. below the rank of subspecies: a bacterial strain or group of strains with the same or similar characteristics based on a discrete pathogenicity to one or more plant or animal hosts (after Wikipedia “Pathovar” April 2025).

Latinized after ‘cultivar’ (Stearn);

      singular   plural      singular      plural
Nom.   –var      -varia      pathovar    pathovaria   pathovar,-aris(s.n.III)
Gen.   –varis    -varium     pathovaris  pathovarium
Dat.   –vari     -varibus    pathovari   pathovaribus
Acc.   –var      -varia      pathovar    pathovaria
Abl.   –vari     -varibus    pathovari   pathovaribus

- pathovar,-varis (s.n.III), abl.sg. pathovari, nom. & acc. pl. pathovaria, gen.pl. pathovarium.

- pathovar (Eng.noun): pathovarietas,-atis (s.f.III), nom. & acc. pl. pathovarietates.

- varietas,-atis (s.f.III) pathogenica (adj.A), abl.sg. varietate pathogenica.

NOTE: the -i in the abl. sg. and -ium in gen. pl. of cultivar, a neuter ending in -ar) as in calcar,-aris (s.n.III), spur (Stearn); an i-stem noun; see –ar,-aris (s.n.III).

Abbrev. pv.

Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola.

Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri.

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris.