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Author Abbreviations Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs Volume 9 A Utah Flora (1st edition) Article 12 1-1-1987 Author Abbreviations Stanley L. Welsh Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum and Department of Botany and Range Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 N. Duane Atwood USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Region, Ogden, Utah 84401 Sherel Goodrich Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ogden, Utah 84401 Larry C. Higgins Herbarium, Department of Biology, West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas 79016 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbnm Part of the Anatomy Commons, Botany Commons, Physiology Commons, and the Zoology Commons Recommended Citation Welsh, Stanley L.; Atwood, N. Duane; Goodrich, Sherel; and Higgins, Larry C. (1987) "Author Abbreviations," Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs: Vol. 9 , Article 12. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbnm/vol9/iss1/12 This End Matter is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. 824 Great Basin Naturalist Memoirs No. 9 ZANNICHELLIACEAE Dumort. flowers sessile or short pedunculate subtended by a short hyaline bract, mostly with 3-5 pistils. Family Horned Pondweed Zannichellia palustris L. Horned Pondweed. Sub- Perennial submersed aquatic monoecious herbs with mersed herbs with slender stems to 4 dm long or more; creeping rhizomes; stems slender, usually branched; leaves opposite, 2-10 cm long, linear-filiform, 1-veined; at nodes, with adnate leaves opposite or crowded the staminate flowers with slender filaments; pistillate flow- sheathing and usually ligulate stipules; flowers minute, ers sessile or short-pedunculate; fruit short-stipitate to imperfect, axillary, solitary or cymose; perianth of3 scales subsessile, the body compressed, Innately curved, the or lacking; stamens 1; pistils 1-9, the ovary 1-loculed, keel often denticulate; styles less than half as long as the 1-carpelled, the stigmas 1; fruit an achene. body. Ponds, streams, and irrigation canals at 1310 to Zannichellia L. 2595 m in Davis, Millard, Morgan, Salt Lake, San Juan, Stems slender; leaves opposite; flowers axillary; stami- Sevier, Tooele, Uintah, and Utah counties; widely dis- nate flowers with 1 stamen, the filament slender; pistillate tributed in North America; Eurasia; Africa; 24 (iii). AUTHOR ABBREVIATIONS Abrams Leroy Abrams (1874-1956) Balbis Giovanni Battista Balbis (1765-1831) Achey Daisy Bird Achey (b. 1906) Balf. John Hutton Balfour (1808-1884) Adams Michael Friedrich Adams (1780-1829/32) Ball Carleton Roy Ball (1873-1958) Adanson Michel Adanson (1727-1806) Banks Joseph Banks (1743-1820) Aellen Paul Aellen (1896-1973) Banks & Sprengel Joseph Banks (1743-1820) and Kurt Agardh Carl Adolph Agardh (1785-1859) Polycarp Joachim Sprengel (1766-1833) Agardh f. Jacob Georg Agardh (1813-1901) Barbey William Barbey (1842-1914) Ahles Harry E. Ahles (b. 1924) Barkley Fred Alexander Barkley (b. 1908) Airy-Shaw Herbert Kenneth Airy-Shaw (b. 1902) T. M. Barkley Theodeore Mitchell Barkley (b. 1934) Ait. William Townsend Aiton (1766-1849) Barkworth Mary Elizabeth Barkworth (b. 1941) Alef. Friedrich George Christoph Alefeld (1820-1872) Barneby Rupert Charles Barneby (b. 1911) All. Carl Allioni (1725-1804) Barneby & Holmgren Rupert Charles Barneby (b. 1911) Allen Caroline Kathryn Allen (b. 1904) and Noel Herman Holmgren (b. 1937) Al-Shebaz Ihsan A. Al-Shebaz Barratt Joseph Barratt (1796-1882) L. C. Anderson Loren C. Anderson (b. 1936) Barton William Paul Gillon Barton (1786-1856) Anderss. Nils Johan Andersson (1821-1880) Bartling Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798-1875) Andrews Henry C. Andrews (1794-1830) Batch. Frederick William Batchelder (1838-1911) Andrz. Antoni Lukianowicz Andrezejowski (1784-1868) Batsch August Johann Georg Karl Batsch (1761-1802) Angstrom Johan Angstrom (1813-1879) Baumg. Johann Christian Gottlob Baumgarten (1765- Arcangeli Giovanni Arcangeli (1840-1921) 1843) Arnold (possibly a pseudonym ca 1785) Baxter Edgar Martin Baxter (b. 1903) Arv.-Touv. Jean Maurice Casimir Arvet-Touvet (1841- Beal William James Beal (1833-1924) 1913) Beaman John H. Beaman (b. 1929) Asch. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson (1834-1913) Beauv. Baron Ambroise Marie Francois Joseph Palisot de Asch. & Graebn. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson Beauvois (1752-1820) (1834- 1913) and Karl Otto Robert Peter Paul Graebner BebbM. S. Bebb (1833-1895) (1871-1933) Becc. Odoardo Beccari (1843-1920) Asch. & Mag. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson Beck Lewis Caleb Beck (1798-1853) (1834-1913) and Paul Wilhelm Magnus (1844-1914) Beckwith Edward Griffin Beckwith (1818-1881) Asch. & Schweinf. Paul Friedrich August Ascherson Beetle Alan Ackerman Beetle (b. 1913) (1834-1913) and Georg August Schweinfurth (1836- Behr Hans Hermann Behr (1818-1904) 1925) Beissner Ludwig Beissner (1843-1927) Ashe William WiUard Ashe (1872-1932) Bennett Arthur Bennett (1843-1929) Atk. George Francis Atkinson L. Benson Lyman David Benson (b. 1909) Atwood Nephi Duane Atwood (b. 1938) Benson & Walkington Lyman David Benson (b. 1909) Austin Coe Finch Austin (1831-1880) and D. L. Walkington (1). 1930) Babe. Ernest Brown Babcock (1877-1954) Benth. George Bentham (18(X)-1884) Babe. & Stebbins Ernest Brown Babcock (1877-1954) Benth. & Hook, (ieorge Bentham (1800-1884) and and George Ledyard Stebbins Jr. (b. 1906) Joseph Daltoii Hooker (1817-1911) Babington Charles Cardale Babiiigton (1808-1895) Bercht. Friedrich von Berchtold (1781-1876) Bailey Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858-1954) Berger Ernst Friedrich Berger (1814-1853) D. K. Bailey David Kenneth Bailey (b. 1931) Bergeretjean Pierre Bergeret (1751-1813) V. L. Bailey Virginia Edith Bailey (b. 1908) Bernh. Johaini Jacob Bernhardi (1774-1850) Baker John (iilbcrt Baker (1834-1920) Besser Wilbert Swibert Joseph Gottlieb Besser (1784- M. Baker Milo Samuel Baker ( 1868-1961) 1842) Baker & Clausen Milo Samuel Baker (1868-1961) and Bessey Charles Edwin Bessey (1845-1915) Jens Christian Clausen (1891-1969) Betcke Ernst Friedrich (1815-1865) 1987 Welsh etal.: A Utah Flora, Author Abbreviations 825 Beyrich Heinrich Carl Bcyriih (1796- IS34) B.S.P. Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859-1934), Emerson Bicknell Eugene Pintard Bickiu-ll (1859-1925) Ellick Sterns (1846-1926) and Justus Ferdinand Pog- Bieb. Fricdrich August Marscliall von Bieberstcin (1768- genburg (1840-1893) 1826) Broome C'. Rose Broome (publ. 1976) Bigelow Jacob Bigt-low (1787-1879) R. Br. Robert Brown (1773-1858) J. Bigelow John Milton Bigelow (1804-1878) Brummitt Richard Kenneth Brummitt (b. 1937) Bjorkman Sven Oscar Bjorkinan (1920-1956) Buch.-Ham. Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829) Blake Sidney Fayc Blake (1892-1959) Buch. Franz Georg Phillipp Buchenau (1831-1906) Blank. Joseph William Blankinship (1862-1938) Buchholz John Theodore Buchholz (1888-1951) Bluff & Fingerh. Mathias Joseph Bluff (1805-1837) and Buckley Samuel Botsford Buckley (1809-1884) Karl Antoine Fingerhuth (1802-1876) Bunge Alexander Andrejewitsch von Bunge (1803-1890) Blume Carl Ludwig von Blume (1796-1862) Burgsd. Friedrich August Ludwig Burgsdorf (1747-1802) Blytt Mathias Numsen Blytt (1789-1862) Burman Johannes Burman (1706-1779) Boeck. Johann Otto Boeckeler (1803-1899) Burman f. Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734-1793) Boiss. Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810-1885) Butters Frederic King Butters (1878-1945) Boissev. & Davids. Charles Hercules Boissevain (1893- Butters & Abbe Frederic King Butters (1878-1945) and 1946) and Carol Davidson Ernst Cleveland Abbe (b, 1905) Boissevain Charles Hercules Boissevain (1893-1946) Butters & St. John Frederic King Butters (1878-1945) J. Boivin Joseph Robert Bernard Boivin (b. 1916) and Harold St. John (b. 1892) Bolander Henr>' Nicholas Bolander (1831-1897) Calder & Taylor J. A. Calder (b. 1915) and Ravmond Bong. August Heinrich von Bongard (1786-1839) Leech Taylor (b. 1901) Bonpl. Aime Jacques Alexandre (ne Goujaud) Bonpland Camp Wendell Holmes Camp (1904-1963) (1773-1858) Campbell Douglas Houghton Campbell (1859-1953) F. Boott Francis Boott (1792-1863) G. R. Campbell Gloria R. Campbell (publ. 1952) W. Boott William Boott (1805-1887) Camus Edmond Gustave Camus (1852-1915) Borbas N'incze von Borbas (1844-1905) Canby William Marriot Canby (1831-1904) Boreau Alexandre Boreau (1793-1875) Candargy Paleologos C. Candargy (b. 1870) Borkh. Moritz Balthazar Borkhausen (1760-1806) Carr. Eli'e Abel Carriere (1818-1896) Carruth James Harrison Carruth (1807-1896) Borner Carl Julius Bernard Borner [also Boerner] (b. 1880) Cassidy James Cassidy (1844-1889) Cassini Bornm. Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornniuller (1862- Alexandre Henri Gabriel Cassini (Comto de) 1948) (1781-1850) Cav. Antonio Cavanilles (1745-1804) Bory Jean Baptiste Georges (Genevieve) Marcellin Bory Jose de Saint-Vincent (1778-1846) Cesati Vincenzo Cesati (1806-1883) Chaix Dominique Chaix (1731-1800) Botsch. Victor P. Botschantzev (b. 1910) C. & S. Ludolf Karl Adalbert von Chamisso (1781-1838) Bowden Wray Merrill Bowden (b. 1914) and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlectendal Brack. William Dunlop Brackenridge (1810-1893) (1794-1866) Brainerd Ezra Brainerd (1844-1924) Cham. Ludolf Karl Adalbert von Chamisso (1781-1838) Brand August Brand (1863-1930) Chatel. Jean Jacques Chatelain (1736-1822) K. Brandegee Marv Katharine (nee Curran) Brandegee Chatterley Louis Matthew Chatterley
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