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How to cite

To cite the whole eFlora:

Breitwieser I., Brownsey P., Ford K., Glenny D., Heenan P., Wilton A. eds. (2010) Flora of New Zealand.   Online Edition.  Accessed at www.nzflora.info,  <full date>.

To cite a family or generic  treatment within the eFlora:

Heenan P. (2010) Hypericum. In Breitwieser I., Brownsey P., Ford K., Glenny D., Heenan P., Wilton A. eds. (2010) Flora of New Zealand.  Online Edition.  Accessed at www.nzflora.info,  <full date>.

Authorship of Taxon pages:


The author of each page is indicated at the top right of the page. This can be used to distinguish when a taxon has been fully treated or only contains "automatic" content.

Taxon pages that state the author as “Flora Committee” are automated pages and have not been treated in full. They will contain a limited amount of content such as nomenclature and hyperlinks.

Other taxon pages (i.e., those that do not have the author “Flora Committee”) have been full treated by the stated author, and should contain descriptions, recognition notes and other fields, in addition to the automatic content.

Abbreviations and Latin terms

Abbreviation   Meaning
aff. with affinities to, but possibly not the species named
AK herbarium of the Auckland Museum
ca. approximately (circa)
cf. compare with, possibly the species named
CHR Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research
com. sent by
et al. and others (et alia)
fasc. fascicle
fide according to
fo. forma
ft foot or feet
g grams
herb. herbarium
ibid. in the same place
kg kilogram
km kilometres
leg. collected by (legare)
loc. locality
loc. cit. in the place already mentioned
mag. magnification
m metres
mm millimetres
Mt Mount
Mtn Mountain
Mtns Mountains
n/2n gametic chromosome count determined at meiosis/somatic chromosome count determined at mitosis
no. number (numero)
nom. cons. conserved name
nom. illeg. illegitimate name
nom. nov. new name for an illegitimate name
nom. nud. a bare name, published without accompanying protologue
nom. rej. rejected name
non not
n.v. non vidi, not seen by the authors
pers. comm. personal communication
p. page
pp. pages
p.p. in part (pro parte)
pl. plate
R. river
Ra. range
sens. lat. in the broad sense (sensu lato)
sens. str. in the narrow sense (senso stricto)
sect. section
SEM scanning electron microscope
sensu in the sense of
s. n. without a collection number (sine numero)
sp. species (singular)
spp. species (plural)
sub under the name of
subfam. subfamily
subg. subgenus
subsp. subspecies
mm microns
V. Valley
var. variety
vs. versus
WELT herbarium of Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa

Symbols

Symbol   Meaning
± more or less, somewhat
× times (as in "2.5× the stem width")
> greater than
< less than
equal to or greater than
equal to or less than
= the name that follows is a heterotypic synonym of the preceding name
the name that follows is a homotypic synonym of the preceding name
n/2n gametic chromosome count determined at meiosis/somatic chromosome count determined at mitosis
! seen by the author(s)