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National Vegetation Information System

Australian Vegetation Attribute Manual

National Vegetation Information System, Version 6.0
Executive Steering Committee for Australian Vegetation Information (ESCAVI)
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2003
ISBN 0 642 54953 2


Appendix B: Recommended Abbreviations and Contractions for Entering Taxonomic Data into NVIS

The following abbreviations were adapted from Chapman (2002) and the Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data (HISPID4, 2000). HISPID was developed by a committee of representatives from all Australian Herbaria.

cv. - cultivar
f. - form/ forma
fam. - family
gen. nov. - genus novus – a newly described genus
ined. - ineditus (unpublished)
ms. - manuscript (unpublished manuscript name - generally follows an author name)
p.p. - pro parte (in part)
sect. - section/sectio
s. lat. - sensu lato (in the broad sense)
s. str. - sensu stricto (in the narrow or strict sense)
sp. - species (singular)
sp. aff. - species with affinity to …, or close to … (NB. ‘aff. sp.’ should not be used)
sp. nov. - species novus – a newly described species (NB. ‘nov. sp.’ should not be used)
spp. - species (plural)
ssp. - (not preferred - see subsp.)
subg. - subgenus
subsp. - subspecies
subspp. - subspecies (plural)
syn. - synonym
var. - variety

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