Flora of Australia Online

AD

State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide

ADW

Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Adelaide (now part of AD)

BM

The Natural History Museum, London

BRI

Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane

CANB

Australian National Herbarium, Canberra

CBG

National Botanic Gardens, Canberra (now part of CANB)

DNA

Northern Territory Herbarium, Darwin

HO

Tasmanian Herbarium, Hobart

JCT

James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville

K

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

MEL

National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne

NSW

National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney

NT

Northern Territory Herbarium, Alice Springs (now part of DNA)

PERTH

Western Australian Herbarium, Perth

QRS

Australian National Herbarium, Atherton

US

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

A.C.T.

Australian Capital Territory

N. Caled.

New Caledonia

N.S.W.

New South Wales

N.T.

Northern Territory

N.Z.

New Zealand

P.N.G.

Papua New Guinea

Qld

Queensland

S.A.

South Australia

Tas.

Tasmania

Vic.

Victoria

W.A.

Western Australia

add.

addendum

alt.

altitude

app.

appendix

auct.

auctoris/auctorum (of an author or authors)

auct. mult.

auctorum multorum  (of many authors)

auct. non

auctorum non (of authors [but] not....), used for misapplied names

c.

circa (about)

Ck

Creek

cm

centimetre

coll.

collector

colln

collection

comb.

combinatio/combination

cons.

conservandus

cult.

cultivated

cv.

cultivar

d.b.h.

diameter at breast height

Dept

Department

descr.

descriptio

diam.

diameter

E

east

ed./eds

editor/editors

edn

edition

eds

editors

e.g.

exempli gratia (for example)

et al.

et alii/et aliorum; and others/and of others

f.

forma/form

fam.

familia/family

fig./figs

figure/figures (in other works)

Fig.

Figure (referring to a Figure in this volume of the Flora)

gen.

genus/genus

gen. nov.

genus novus (new genus)

Gt

Great

holo

holotype

hort.

hortus (garden) or hortensis (of a garden)

HS

Homestead

Hwy

Highway

i.e.

id est (that is)

ined.

ineditus (unpublished)

in litt.

in litteris (in correspondence)

in obs.

in observatio (in observation)

Is.

Island/s

iso

isotype

isolecto

isolectotype

km

kilometre

L.

Lake

L.A.

Logging Area

lat.

latitude

lecto

lectotype

loc. cit.

loco citato (in bibliographic citations: in the same work and page as just cited)

loc. id.

loco idem (in specimen citations: in the same place as just cited)

long.

longitude

L.S.

longitudinal section

l:w

length to width ratio

m

metre

mm

millimetre

Mt/Mts

Mount/Mounts

Mtn/Mtns

Mountain/Mountains

N

north

n

haploid chromosome number

2n

diploid chromosome number

Natl

National

n.d.

no date

NE

north-east (ern)

nom. cons.

nomen conservandum (conserved name)

nom. cons. prop.

nomen conservandum propositus (proposed conserved name)

nom. illeg.

nomen illegitimum (illegitimate name)

nom. inval.

nomen invalidum (name not validly published)

nom. nov.

nomina nova (new name)

nom. nud.

nomen nudum (name published without a description or reference to a published description)

nom. prov.

nomen provisorium (provisional name)

nom. rej.

nomen rejiciendum (rejected name)

nom. superfl.

nomen superfluum (superfluous name)

nov.

novus/new

n. ser.

new series

n.v.

non vidi (not seen)

NW

north-west (ern)

op. cit.

opere citato (in the work cited above)

opp.

opposite

orth.

orthography, orthographic

p./pp.

page/pages

penin.

peninsula

pers. comm.

by personal communication

pl./pls

plate/plates

p.p.

pro parte (in part)

p.p. max

pro parte maxima, the larger part

p.p. min

pro parte minore, the smaller part

q.v.

quod vide (which see)

R.

River

Ra.

Range

Rd

Road

rly

railway

S

south

SE

south-east (ern)

sect.

sectio/section

SEM

Scanning Electron Micrograph

ser.

series

S.F.R.

State Forest Reserve

s. lat.

sensu lato (in a wide sense)

s. loc.

sine loco (without locality)

s.n.

sine numero (without number)

sp./spp.

species (singular/plural)

sp. aff.

species affinis (species related to)

sp. nov.

species nova (new species)

specim.

specimen

sphalm.

sphalmate (by mistake, mistakenly)

s. str.

sensu stricto (in a narrow sense)

St

Saint/Street

stat.

status/status

Stn

(pastoral) Station

subg.

subgenus

subsp./subspp.

subspecies (singular/plural)

subsp. nov.

subspecies nova (new subspecies)

suppl.

supplement

SW

south-west (ern)

syn

syntype

synon.

synonym

T

Type (collection)

t./tt.

tabula/tabulae (plate/plates)

T.R.

Timber Reserve

trib.

tribus/tribe

trig.

trigonometric station

T.S.

transverse section

typ. cons.

typus conservandus (conserved type)

var.

varietas/variety

viz.

videlicet (namely)

UV

ultraviolet

W

west

x

basic chromosome number

†

taxon included in key but not treated further in text

*

naturalised taxon, not originally native (in the text); wildcard (in the web search)

#

native taxon now naturalised in Australia beyond its natural range

[ ]

misapplied name or nomen invalidum; also, in localities, denotes a place name later than that originally cited or on the herbarium sheet

±

in species descriptions, more or less

±

in lichen chemistry, with or without

<

less than

≤

less than or equal to

>

more than

≥

more than or equal to

µm

micrometre

(♀)

female

(♂)

male

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24 April 1989

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12 November 1984

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9 December 1982

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13 August 2001

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30 November 1995

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14 April 2000

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26 May 1999

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8 June 1990

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27 June 1988

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17 May 1984

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25 December 1985

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28 June 1996

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27 July 1982

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6 August 1992

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2 May 1986

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3 May 1994

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29 July 1993

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4 September 1992

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21 August 2001