Authority lists

[Thomas Lammers]

Actually, everyone in botany sensu lato has an (unspoken?) agreeement to
follow the recommendations of  Brummitt & Powell's Authors of Plant Names
that I menntioned earlier.  This includes not just which initials to use,
but also how to abbreviate common authors: L. for Linnaeus, Michx. for
Michaux, Willd. for Willdenow, etc.  With increasing global databasing of
names, it seems best to have a very broad perspective on authors, to avoid
confusion.

At 08:08 AM 2/5/02 -0700, Robin Leech wrote:
>I believe it becomes a problem only when people of the same last name work
>in the same group or related groups of organisms.


Thomas G. Lammers, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor and Curator of the Herbarium (OSH)
Department of Biology and Microbiology
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901-8640 USA

e-mail:       lammers at uwosh.edu
phone:      920-424-1002
fax:           920-424-1101

Plant systematics; classification, nomenclature, evolution, and
biogeography of the Campanulaceae s. lat.

Webpages:
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/Lammers.htm
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/7156/lammers.html
http://www.uwosh.edu/departments/biology/herbarium/herbarium.html
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