Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations for names of authors follow Brummitt, R. K. and Powell, C. E. (Eds) Authors of Plant Names (1992). Abbreviations of titles of journals and books are not listed here; with a few exceptions (e.g., T.N.Z.I. and T.R.S.N.Z. for Transactions of the New Zealand Institute and of the Royal Society of New Zealand) they follow the Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature and Flora Europaea. Abbreviations for herbaria follow Index Herbariorum.
| A. | : Auckland Is |
| Add. | : addenda (plural), items to be added |
| Ant. | : Antipodes Is |
| app. | : appendix |
| Art. | : article |
| auct. | : auctorum, of authors |
| C. | : Campbell Id |
| c. | : circa, about, approximately |
| Ch. | : Chatham Is |
| comb. illeg. | : combinatio illegitimum, illegitimate combination |
| Corrig. | : corrigenda (plural), items to be corrected |
| cv. | : cultivar; plural cvs |
| 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 |
| f. | : filius, son (following author name) |
| Fig. | : Figure (this Flora) |
| fig. | : figure; plural figs |
| FL | : flowering period (months by first three letters) |
| FT | : fruiting period (months by first three letters) |
| Herb. | : herbarium |
| hic. comm. | : hic communicatus, communicated here |
| ibid. | : ibidem, in the same place |
| ICBN | : International Code of Botanical Nomenclature |
| Id | : Island; plural Is |
| idem | : the same |
| i.e. | : id est, that is |
| in litt. | : in litteris, in correspondence |
| K. | : Kermadec Is |
| legit. | : legitimate |
| loc. cit. | : loco citato, in the place cited |
| M. | : Macquarie Id |
| MS | : manuscript |
| Mt | : Mount |
| N. | : North Id, north or northern |
| n | : gametic chromosome count |
| 2n | : somatic chromosome count |
| no. | : number |
| nom. | : nomen, name |
| nom. altern. | : nomen alternativum, alternative name |
| nom. cons. | : nomen conservandum, conserved name |
| nom. illeg. | : nomen illegitimum, illegitimate name |
| nom. invalid. | : nomen invalidum, name not validly published |
| nom. nud. | : nomen nudum, name published with no or insufficient description |
| nom. specific. rejic. | : nomen specificum rejiciendum, rejected specific name |
| nom. superfl. | : nomen superfluum, superfluous name |
| non | : not of |
| non... nec | : not of... nor of... |
| n.s. | : new series |
| n.v. | : non visus, not seen |
| N.Z. | : New Zealand |
| op. cit. | : opere citato, in the work cited |
| p. | : page; plural pp. |
| pers. comm. | : personal communication |
| q.v. | : quod vide, which see |
| S. | : South Id, south or southern |
| sect. | : sectio, section |
| sens. lat. | : sensu lato, in a broad sense |
| sens. strict. | : sensu stricto, in a narrow sense |
| 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 |
| x | : basic chromosome number |
