Is there such an abbreviation??

[Ken Kinman]

Michael,
     But as has also been noted, there is often disagreement whether certain
genera should be lumped together or not.  If there are only two main
viewpoints, you could say Agrostis spp. (sensu stricto or sensu lato).  With
more than two, you might have to be more specific, like Agrostis spp. (sensu
Jones).  I don't think there is any particular formal way to do it.
      On the other hand, there is a formal way to show that a particular
species has been moved from its original genus, namely putting parentheses
around the name of the author.   Agrostis sp. X (Jones, 1995) would show
that species X was put in another genus by Jones, but subsequently moved to
Agrostis.
                       -------Ken
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>From: Richard Jensen <rjensen at SAINTMARYS.EDU>
>Reply-To: Richard Jensen <rjensen at SAINTMARYS.EDU>
>To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
>Subject: Re: Is there such an abbreviation??
>Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 10:20:02 -0500
>
>On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Michael Gerdes wrote:
>
> > Richard,
> >
> > thanks for your reply. spp. refering to all or extant species, does this
> > include those species that have been moved to other genera? such as
>Agrostis
> > spp. would that include Apera spica-venti since it was Agrostis
>spica-venti
> >
>That's an interesting question.  My immediate response is that Agrostis
>spp. would not include Apera spica-venti - the latter is no longer viewed
>as a species of Agrostis and, if the move to Apera reflects information
>about phylogenetic relationships (which it should), it never was a species
>of Agrostis (someone just misplaced it).
>
>Cheers,
>Dick Jensen
>
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