| ampl. : description amplified. |
nom. nov. : new name (nomen novum) |
| Auct. : authors. |
p. : page. |
| cm : centimetre. |
p.p. : in part. |
| coll. : collection or collector. |
sect. : section. |
| comb. nov. : a new combination. |
s.l. : without a location. |
| descr. : description. |
s.n. : without a number. |
| dial. : dialect. |
sp. : species. |
| diam. : diametre. |
subsp. : subspecies. |
| ed. : edition. |
t. : table (plate). |
| emend. : amended description. |
var. : variety. |
| err. cal. : clerical error. |
♂ : male. |
| excl. : excluding. |
♀ : female. |
| f. with a number or letter : figure. |
♂♀ : sexes seperate, unisexual. |
| f. with name : form. |
☿ : hermaphrodite. |
| icon. : iconography. |
∞ : many, numerous, indeterminate. |
| id. : the same (idem). |
± : more or less, about. |
| l.c. : in the place cited (loco citato). |
- between two numbers or localities : to. |
| m : metre. |
— in the bibliography : replaces the previous citation. |
| mm : millimetre. |
H.P.Y. : Herbarium plantularum yangambiense. |
| nom. conserv. : a conserved name. |
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