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From: Thomas Lammers <lammers at VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU>

> 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.

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Not unspoken: see ICBN Recommendation 46A, Note 1

Best,
Paul van Rijckevorsel
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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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> "Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that stood his ground."
>                                                  -- Anonymous
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