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Abbreviations and Contractions
Literature
Author abbreviations follow R.K.Brummitt & C.E.Powell, Authors of Plant Names (Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1992).
Journal titles are abbreviated in accordance with G.H.M.Lawrence et al., BotanicoPeriodicum-Huntianum (Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh, 1968) and G.D.R.Bridson &
E.R.Smith, Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum/Supplementum (Hunt Institute for Botanical
Documentation, Pittsburgh, 1991).
Other literature is abbreviated in accordance with F.A.Stafleu & R.S.Co wan, Taxonomic
Literature, 2nd edn (Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht, 1976–1987), except that upper
case initial letters are used for proper names and significant words.
Herbaria
Abbreviations of herbaria are in accordance with P.K.Holmgren, N.H.Holmgren &
L.C.Barnett, Index Herbariorum Part I, 8th edn (New York Botanical Garden, 1990). Those
most commonly cited are:
AD
BM
BRI
CANB
DNA
HO
MEL
NSW
PERTH
State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide
The Natural History Museum, London
Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane
Australian National Herbarium, Canberra
Northern Territory Herbarium, Darwin
Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart
National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne
National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney
Western Australian Herbarium, Perth
States, Territories
Abbreviations of Australian States and Territories as used in statements of distribution and
citation of collections are:
A.C.T.
N.S.W.
N.T.
Qld
S.A.
Tas.
Vic.
W.A.
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
General abbreviations
add.
alt.
app.
auct.
auct. mult.
auct. non
c.
cf.
Ck
cm
coll.
addendum
altitude
appendix
auctoris/auctorum (of an author or authors)
auctorum multorum (of many authors)
auctorum non (of authors [but] not....), used for misapplied names
circa (about)
confer (compare)
Creek
centimetre
collector
colln
comb.
cons.
Dept
descr.
diam.
E
ed./eds
edn
e.g.
et al.
f.
fam.
fig./figs
gen.
gen. nov.
holo
HS
Hwy
i.e.
ined.
in litt.
I./Is.
iso
isolecto
km
L.
L.A.
lat.
lecto
loc. cit.
loc. id.
long.
m
mm
Mt/Mts
Mtn/Mtns
N
Natl
NE
neo
nom. cons.
nom. cons.
prop.
nom. illeg.
nom. inval.
nom. nov.
nom. nud.
nom. rej.
nom.
superfl.
nov.
n. ser.
n.v.
NW
collection
combinatio/combination
conservandus
Department
descriptio
diameter
east
editor/editors
edition
exempli gratia (for example)
et alii/et aliorum; and others/and of others
forma/form
familia/family
figure/figures (in other works)
genus/genus
genus novus (new genus)
holotype
Homestead
Highway
id est (that is)
ineditus (unpublished)
in litteris (in correspondence)
Island/Islands
isotype
isolectotype
kilometre
Lake
Logging Area
latitude
lectotype
loco citato (in bibliographic citations: in the same work and page as just cited)
loco idem (in specimen citations: in the same place as just cited)
longitude
metre
millimetre
Mount/Mounts
Mountain/Mountains
north
National
north-east
neotype
nomen conservandum (conserved name)
nomen conservandum propositus (proposed conserved name)
nomen illegitimum (illegitimate name)
nomen invalidum (name not validly published)
nomina nova (new name)
nomen nudum (name published without a description or reference to a published
description)
nomen rejiciendum (rejected name)
nomen superfluum (superfluous name)
novus/new
new series
non vidi (not seen)
north-west
op. cit.
opp.
orth.
p./pp.
Penin.
pers. comm.
pl./pls
p.p.
p.p. max
p.p. min
q.v.
R.
Ra.
Rd
rly
S
SE
sect.
SEM
ser./sér.
S.F.
s. lat.
s. loc.
s.n.
sp./spp.
sp. aff.
sp. nov.
s. str.
St
stat.
Stn
subg.
subsp./
subspp.
subsp. nov.
suppl.
SW
syn
synon.
T
t./tt.
topo
trib.
trig.
T.S.
typ. cons.
var.
viz.
W
opere citato (in the work cited above)
opposite
orthography, orthographic
page/pages
Peninsula
by personal communication
plate/plates
pro parte (in part)
pro parte maxima, the larger part
pro parte minore, the smaller part
quod vide (which see)
River
Range
Road
railway
south
south-east
sectio/section
Scanning Electron Micrograph
series/série
State Forest
sensu lato (in a wide sense)
sine loco (without locality)
sine numero (without number)
species (singular/plural)
species affinis (species related to)
species nova (new species)
sensu stricto (in a narrow sense)
Saint/Street
status/status
(pastoral) Station
subgenus
subspecies (singular/plural)
subspecies nova (new subspecies)
supplement
south-west
syntype
synonym
Type (collection)
tabula/tabulae (plate/plates)
topotype
tribus/tribe
trigonometric station
transverse section
typus conservandus (conserved type)
varietas/variety
videlicet (namely)
west
Symbols
±
<
>
µm
in species descriptions, more or less
less than
more than
micrometre