Reading plant names
e.g. Lithops dinteri subsp. dinteri var. dinteri 'Dintergreen'
Lithops | - genus |
dinteri | - species |
subsp. or ssp. | - subspecies |
var. or v. | - variety |
'…' or cv. | - cultivated variety |
"…" | - synonym (wrong use) |
ex person | - from |
Further abbreviations
aff. | - affinity |
Hort. | - horticulture |
sensu | - as seen by |
s.n. | - without number (sine numero) |
× | - a hybrid |
Abbreviations (field and collection numbers)
Initial | Name | Note |
---|---|---|
ARM | Anthony R. Mitchell | UK |
B&H | Barnhill & Hammer | |
BATES | John Bates | UK |
CM | Desmond T. Cole | Cole Mesemb number |
CR | Chris Rodgerson | UK |
DT | Derek Tribble | |
EVJ | Ernst van Jaarsfeld | Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa |
F, FRITZ | Ernst Fritz | |
GM | Gerhard Marx | |
H, HH | Harry Hall | UK |
HERRE | Hans Herre | South Africa |
ISI | International Succulent Introductions | reference numbers |
IVT | Instituut voor de Veredeling van Tuinbouwgewassen | Dutch plant breeding institute |
JAH | J. Allen Hart | Cheshire, UK |
KG | Karoo Gardens | |
LAV | John J. Lavranos | |
MAKIN | Bryan Makin | UK |
MBB | M. Bruce Bayer | |
MG | Mesa Garden | Belen, New Mexico, U.S.A. |
MRO | Mat R. Opel | U.S.A. |
NBG | National Botanical Gardens | Kirstenbosch, South Africa |
PV | Petr Pavelka | Czech Republic |
PVB | Peter V. Bruyns | |
RR | Rolf Rawe | |
SB | Steven Brack | Mesa Garden, Belen, New Mexico, U.S.A. |
SH | Steven Hammer | U.S.A. |
SL | Seymore Linden | California, U.S.A. |
SUG | Stellenbosch University Gardens | |
TS | Terry Smale | UK |
UC, UCB | University of California at Berkeley | |
VD | Huybrecht van Donkelaar |
More abbreviations
TL = type locality