Abbreviations
ABBREVIATIONS
Abbreviations of titles of journals 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) the World List of Scientific Periodicals has been followed. Full titles of many of the books cited are listed under Annals of Taxonomic Research.
Herbarium abbreviations used in Index Herbariorum, Ed. 4, Regn. Veg. 15, 1959, are given in square brackets.
| A | : Herbarium of Auckland Institute and Museum [AK] |
| A. | : Auckland Is |
| actin. | : actinomorphic |
| alt. | : alternate |
| andr. | : androecium |
| Ant. | : Antipodes Id |
| auct. | : auctorum, of authors (auth.) |
| BD | : Herbarium of Botany Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Christchurch [CHR] |
| BM | : Herbarium of British Museum (Natural History) [BM] |
| C. | : Campbell Id |
| c. | : circa, about, approximately |
| Ch. | : Chatham Is |
| cleist. | : cleistogamic |
| CM | : Herbarium of Canterbury Museum, Christchurch [CANTY] |
| comb. | : combinatio, combination |
| cop. | : copious |
| coriac. | : coriaceous |
| cot. | : cotyledon |
| cult. | : cultivated |
| diam. | : diameter |
| dimin. | : diminutive |
| dioec. | : dioecious |
| dist. | : distribution |
| ed. | : edition |
| Edinb. | : Herbarium of Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh [E] |
| emend. | : emendavit, emended |
| epig. | : epigynous |
| et al. | : et alii, and others |
| f. | : filius, son (following author name) |
| F1 | : first filial generation |
| fig. | : figure (f.) |
| fl. | : flower; plural fls |
| FL. | : flowering period (months by numbers) |
| fld | : flowered |
| fr. | : fruit; plural frs |
| FT. | : fruiting period (months by numbers) |
| G | : Herbarium of University of Göttingen [GOET] |
| gen. | : genus |
| glab. | : glabrous |
| gyn. | : gynoecium |
| hab. | : habitat |
| herb. | : herbarium |
| hort. | : hortorum, of gardens |
| hypog. | : hypogynous |
| ibid. | : ibidem, in the same place |
| ind. | : indehiscent |
| ined. | : ineditus, unpublished |
| infl. | : inflorescence; plural infls |
| K | : Herbarium of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew [K] |
| K. | : Kermadec Is |
| lat. | : latitude south |
| lf | : leaf; plural lvs |
| lflt | : leaflet; plural lflts |
| lfy | : leafy |
| loc. cit. | : loco citato, in the place cited |
| M. | : Macquarie Id |
| Melb. | : National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne [MEL] |
| membr. | : membranous |
| monoec. | : monoecious |
| MS | : manuscript |
| n | : haploid number of chromosomes; 2n, diploid number |
| N. | : North Id |
| N.Z. | : New Zealand |
| nom. | : nomen, name |
| nov. | : novus -a -um, new |
| occ. | : occasionally |
| OM | : Herbarium of Otago Museum, Dunedin [-] |
| opp. | : opposite |
| Oslo | : Herbarium of Botanisk Museum, Oslo [O] |
| P | : Herbarium of Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [P] |
| p. | : page |
| p.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 |
| pend. | : pendulous |
| per. | : perianth |
| perig: | : perigynous |
| phyll. | : phyllaries |
| pl. | : plural or plate |
| rud. | : rudimentary |
| S. | : South Id |
| sect. | : section |
| seg. | : segment; plural segs |
| sens. ampl. | : sensu amplo, in a broad sense |
| sens. lat. | : sensu lato, in a broad sense |
| sens. strict. | : sensu stricto, in a narrow sense |
| septic. | : septicidal |
| septif. | : septifragal |
| ser. | : series |
| sic. | : sicut, so in original |
| Sn. | : Snares Id |
| sp. | : species; plural spp. |
| subsp. | : subspecies; plural subspp. |
| St. | : Stewart Id |
| sts | : sometimes |
| t. | : tabula, plate |
| us. | : usually |
| var. | : varietas, variety; plural vars |
| W | : Herbarium of Dominion Museum, Wellington [WELT] |
| x | : basic chromosome number |
| zyg. | : zygomorphic |
