L. = Linnaeus?

[Albertine C. Ellis - Adam]

Dear Collaegues,
I have a somewhat curious problem.
In botany the names of authors usually are abbreviated. To satisfy an
editor I have to render the authors of a number of plant species in full.
No big problem, except - to my surprise - for L. (usually pronounced as
Linnaeus), which I was regrettably silly enough to look up too.
        Both Harvard and Missouri Botanical Garden databases give for L.
"Linnaeus, Carl von"; as far as I know his name was Carl (Latinized as
Carolus on title pages) Linnaeus. In addition, Harvard mentions as
alternative name "Carl von Linne", the accent on the e understandably
having been devoured by the ASCII code.
        Zander (*1) gives "Carl von Linn=E9", Flora Europaea (*2): "C. von
Linn=E9 (C. Linnaeus)", the name he bore after he received a knighthood
(1761).
        I hope I am not expected to check for every species wether it has
been published before or after 1761.
        Did I miss something? A rule, a recommendation, an agreement, the po=
int?
Information on this topic will be highly appreciated by
Albertine Ellis



*1 Zander, 1994. Handw=F6rterbuch der Pflanzennamen; Stuttgart, Ulmer. Linn=
=E9
with accent
*2 Tutin et al., 1993. Flora Europaea, vol. 1 2nd ed.; Cambridge, Cambridge
UP. Linn=E9 with accent

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