Subsp. or ssp. ?

[Robin Leech]

Gentlemen,
This is getting out of hand.  The abbreviations I listed are
internationally understood.  When I supplied them to the initial
question, I was not suggesting that they be used in lieu of official
terminology, if there is such, in publications.

Robin Leech

On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Vid Strpic wrote:

> At 16:38 22.01.96, Robin Leech wrote:
>
> >By sort of an international agreement, there are some abbreviations that
> >are used in both botany and zoology.  They are these:
> >
> >1.  species (singular) =        sp.
> >2.  Species (plural)   =        spp.
> >3.  subspecies (sing.) =        ssp.
> >4.  subspecies (pl.)   =        sspp.
> >
>
> Interesting. I was informed that, according to ICBN, one _must_ not write
> ssp. as abbreviation in a taxonomic (or syntaxonomic) paper, in which case
> the name becomes invalid.
>
> Any ICBN gurus somewhere 'round ?
>
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