The following is a list of abbreviations used in this
work. The codes used in identifying sources in the
checklist are not repeated here.
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Abbreviation
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Description
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±
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more or less
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0
|
absent
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aff.
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affinis: akin to
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agg.
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aggregate species
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auct.
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auctorum: of authors, but not of the
original author
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BOL
|
Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, South
Africa
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C
|
Central Division of Zimbabwe
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c.
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circa: about
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cf.
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confer: comparable with; compare
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CL
|
Communal Land
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cm
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centimetre(s)
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conf.
|
confirmed by
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det.
|
determined by
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Distr.
|
District (plural: Distrs)
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E
|
Eastern Division of Zimbabwe
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ed.
|
editor
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emend.
|
emendatus: emended
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et al.
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et alii: and others
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f.
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(following an author's name): filius: son
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f.
|
(a taxonomic rank): forma: form
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FE
|
Flora of Ethiopia
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fig.
|
figure
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fl.
|
flower (plural: fls)
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Fm
|
Farm
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fr.
|
fruit (plural: frs)
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FSA
|
Flora of Southern Africa
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FTEA
|
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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FZ
|
Flora Zambesiaca
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GHS
|
Government Herbarium Salisbury (referred to in the
numbering system of SRGH)
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Gt
|
Great
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hort.
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hortulanorum: of gardeners
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in litt.
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in litteris: in correspondence
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ined.
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ineditus: not yet formally published
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infl.
|
inflorescence (plural: infls)
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Is
|
Islands
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K
|
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
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lf
|
leaf (plural: lvs)
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lfless
|
leafless
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lflet
|
leaflet (plural: lflets)
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lfy
|
leafy
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m
|
metre(s)
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mm
|
millimetre(s)
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MAH
|
Mark Andrew Hyde
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Mt
|
Mount
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Mtn
|
Mountain
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N
|
Northern Division of Zimbabwe
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NBG
|
Compton Herbarium, National Botanical Gardens, Cape
Town, South Africa.
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NE
|
North-east
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NP
|
National Park
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NR
|
Nature Reserve
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nr
|
near
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nom. illegit.
|
nomen illegitimum: latin for illegitimate name
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nom. nud.
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nomen nudum: latin for naked name, a name published without a description of the taxon
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NW
|
North-west
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opp.
|
opposite
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p.
|
page
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p.p.
|
pro parte: in part, partly
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PA
|
Purchase Area
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per. seg.
|
perianth segment (plural: per. segs)
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pers. comm.
|
personal communication
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pl.
|
plural
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pp.
|
pages
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PRE
|
National Herbarium, Botanical Research Institute,
Pretoria, South Africa
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q.v.
|
quod vide: which see
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R.
|
River
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Rd
|
Road
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RP
|
Recreational Park
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RS
|
Research Station
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S
|
Southern Division of Zimbabwe
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s.l.
|
sensu lato: in the broad sense
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s.n.
|
sine numero: (of herbarium specimen) without
a collector’s number
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s.o.
|
seen only: (referring to a plant record) i.e. without
a specimen being collected
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s.s.
|
sensu stricto: in the strict sense
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SE
|
South-east
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sp.
|
species (plural: spp.)
|
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SRGH
|
National Herbarium, Harare (Southern Rhodesia
Government Herbarium)
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subsp.
|
subspecies (plural: subspp.)
|
|
SW
|
South-west
|
|
UKWF
|
Agnew and Agnew (1994)
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|
var.
|
varietas: variety
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|
vol.
|
volume
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W
|
Western Division of Zimbabwe
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