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 Kew Record of Taxonomic Literature and Flora Europaea.
| A. | : Auckland Is |
| agg. | : aggregate |
| AK. | : Herbarium of Auckland Institute and Museum |
| anon. | : anonymous author |
| Ant. | : Antipodes Id |
| App. | : appendix |
| auct. | : auctorum, of authors |
| C. | : Campbell Id |
| c. | : circa, about, approximately |
| CANU | : Herbarium of Botany Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch |
| Ch. | : Chatham Is |
| CHBG | : Herbarium of Christchurch Botanic Gardens |
| CHR | : Herbarium of Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Christchurch |
| comb. | : combinatio, combination |
| cv. | : cultivar |
| 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 (f.) |
| FL. | : flowering period (months by numbers) |
| FT. | : fruiting period (months by numbers) |
| hort. | : hortorum, of gardens |
| ibid. | : ibidem, in the same place |
| Id | : Island; plural Is |
| i.e. | : id est; that is |
| K | : Herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| K. | : Kermadec Is |
| loc. cit. | : loco citato, in the place cited |
| MEL | : National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne |
| MPN | : Herbarium, Massey University, Palmerston North |
| MS | : manuscript |
| N. | : North Id, North or Northern |
| n.s. | : new series |
| NSW | : National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney |
| N.Z. | : New Zealand |
| nom. | : nomen, name |
| nov. | : novus -a -um, new |
| op. cit. | : opere citato, in the work cited |
| p. | : page; plural pp. |
| pers. comm. | : personal comment |
| pl. | : plural or plate |
| S. | : South Id, South or Southern |
| sect. | : section |
| sens. lat. | : sensu lato, in a broad sense |
| sens. strict. | : sensu stricto, in a narrow sense |
| ser. | : series |
| sic. | : sicut, so in original |
| Sn. | : Snares Id |
| sp. | : species; plural spp. |
| sq. | : square |
| subsp. | : subspecies |
| St. | : Stewart Id |
| t. | : tabula, plate |
| T.S. | : transverse section |
| var. | : varietas, variety; plural vars |
| W. | : West or Western |
| WELT | : Herbarium of National Museum, Wellington |
