Lichens (1985) - Flora of New Zealand Lichens
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ABBREVIATIONS

ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations of titles of journals and books are not listed here; with a few exceptions (e.g., T.R.S.N.Z. for the Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and T.N.Z.I. for Transactions of the New Zealand Institute) titles are abbreviated as in the World List of Scientific Periodicals 4th ed., 1963. Abbreviations of herbaria follow Index Herbariorum 7th end., 1981.

A: Auckland Is
agg.: aggregate
Ant: Antipodes I.
App.: appendix
auct.: auctorum, of authors
B: Bounty I.
C: calcium hypochlorite
C: Campbell I.
c.: circa, about, approximately
cf.: confer compare
Ch: Chatham Is
diam.: diameter
E: East or Eastern
Ed.: Editor; plural Eds
ed.: edition
e.g.: exempli gratia, for example
emend.: emendavit, emended
et al.: et alii, and others
fig.: figure
fl.: floruit, (of a person) he flourished, he lived at this period (used when exact birth and death dates unknown)
herb.: herbarium
I: iodine
I.: Island; plural Is;
ibid.: ibidem, in the same place
i.e.: id est, that is
K: potassium hydroxide
Lat.: latitude south
leg.: legit, collected
loc. cit.: loco citato, in the place cited
M: Macquarie I.
N: North or Northern
N: North I.
n.s.: new series
N.Z.: New Zealand
nom. cons.: nomen conservandum, conserved name
nom. nud.: nomen nudum, bare name, i.e., without description
op. cit.: opere citato, in the work cited
p.: page; plural pp.
Pd: paraphenylenediamine
pr.p.: pro parte, in part
p. max. p.: pro maxima parte, for the greater part
p. min. p.: pro minima parte, for the smaller part
pers. comm.: personal comment
pl.: plate
Ra.: range, plural Ras
S: South or Southern
S: South I.
sens. lat.: sensu lato, in a broad sense
sens. strict.: sensu stricto, in a narrow sense
ser.: series
sic.: sicut, so in original
s.l.: sea level
Sn: Snares I.
sp.: species; plural spp.
subsp.: subspecies; plural subspp.
St: Stewart I.
tab.: tabula, plate
tax. vag.: taxon vagum a name used in a somewhat uncertain rank; "tax. vag." has sometimes been used in names in the position of and instead of a term denoting rank (e.g., Baeomyces turbinatus (tax. vag.) B. crispatus Ach.)
TLC: thin-layer chromatography
tr.: trace
var.: varietas, variety; plural vars
viz.: videlicet, namely, that is to say
W: West or Western
sensu: in the sense of
ser.: series
Sn.: Snares Is
sp.: species; plural spp.
St.: Stewart Id
subsp.: subspecies; plural subspp.
subvar.: subvariety
t.: tabula, plate
TS: transverse section
var.: varietas, variety; plural vars
vide supra: see above
W.: west or western
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