Subsp. or ssp. ?

[Robin Leech]

Yes, but the terms I offered you are shorthand.  If you perfer "subsp."
for "subspecies" (singular), then so be it.

Robin Leech

On Mon, 22 Jan 1996, Martin Dube wrote:

> On   Mon, 22 Jan 1996, 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.
> >
> > Robin Leech
> >
> But, the ICBN is the result of an international agreement, isn't ?
>
> Martin
>