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Download Sean's Book British Bryological Society Special Volume No. 5 English Names for British Bryophytes web edition 5.02 SEAN R. EDWARDS BRITISH BRYOLOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/ 2021 COPYRIGHT © 1997, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2020, 2021 S.R.EDWARDS (text) COPYRIGHT © 1997, 1999, 2003, 2012, 2020, 2021 BRITISH BRYOLOGICAL SOCIETY (publication) Cover design, copyright reserved; Catherine’s Moss Atrichum undulatum (Hedw.) P.Beauv., adapted from Dillenius JJ (‘1741’) Historia muscorum. t.XLVI:f.18. Oxford. All rights reserved First published: 1997 Second edition: 1999 Third edition: 2003 Fourth edition: 2012 Fifth edition: 2019+, (continuing updates online) ! ENGLISH NAMES was first published in December 1997. ! The second edition was expanded to include all newly accepted British taxa, and had the following nett changes: British mosses: +50 taxa and +110 names; British liverworts: +4 taxa and +4 names; foreign mosses: +3 taxa and +4 names (having been transferred from the British list). ! The third edition had the following further nett changes: British mosses: +8 taxa and +25 names; British liverworts: +2 taxa and +8 names; non-British mosses: +7 taxa and +8 names (moved from British list); in addition 64 nomenclatural updates, and corresponding text adjustments etc. were made. ! The fourth edition had nomenclatural, reference and text updates etc., and the following nett changes: British mosses: +23 taxa, +73 names; British liverworts: +9 taxa, +19 names; foreign mosses 0 taxa, +1 name; foreign liverworts: +1 taxon, +1 name; altogether 448 more record-units, see Table 1 [p. 20]. Also note substantial dehyphenation of moss names [p. 15], and new sections: Limit to this compilation [p. 7], Cryptic taxa [p. 7], and new Fig. 1. ! Future editions or updates should be sought on the B.B.S. website: http://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk Currently the fifth (web) edition (4 April 2020, last updated as 5.02, 10 January 2021) has overall: nomenclatural, reference and text updates etc., +14 taxa, +33 English names, +21 preferred names and +36 record units. In addition is a companion basic INDEX of all British taxa giving only English preferred names, available as a small downloadable Excel workbook English_names-5.02_for_Excel.xlsx, from the BBS website. Title: English Names for British Bryophytes Published by and available from the British Bryological Society, via website: http://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk Publications Committee: Neil Bell (Chair), Ex officio C.D. Preston, M. Whitelaw, S.C. Peacock, A. Baker, C. Halpin, Appointed by Council M. Crittenden, O.L. Pescott English Names for British Bryophytes CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. 1 The need for English or common names. 1 English names versus common names . 2 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF COMMON NAMES. 2 Origins of common or English names. 2 Dillenian and other early English names. 2 Coined and changed names. 5 Geographical limits and foreign names. 5 Cryptic taxa . 7 Limit to this compilation. 7 CONSTRUCTION AND STRUCTURE OF COMMON NAMES. 7 Composite names, qualifiers and condensations. 7 Common format and unification. 8 Common generic names . 9 Multi-name genera . 9 Multigeneric names . 9 Selected generic names . 12 Exceptional names . 14 Inherited names . 14 One-off names. 14 Capitalization and inverted commas. 15 Hyphenation . 15 Humour. 16 PRODUCTION OF THE LIST AND REGULATION . 16 The concept. 16 Regulation. 17 Preferred names . 17 Guidelines for coining, adapting and choosing names . 18 Notes on nomenclature and name changes . 19 CONCLUSIONS. 20 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 20 LIST OF COMMON NAMES FOR BRITISH BRYOPHYTES. 21 British mosses. 21 British hornworts . 58 British liverworts . 58 LIST OF COMMON NAMES FOR NON-BRITISH BRYOPHYTES. 66 Non-British mosses. 66 Non-British hornwort . 67 Non-British liverworts . 67 INDEX TO PREFERRED NAMES . 68 Note . 68 Index to British mosses. 68 Index to British hornworts . 79 Index to British liverworts . 79 KEYS . 83 Parentheses, brackets and inverted commas . 83 Abbreviations . 83 Flags against common names . 83 Reference coding of primary sources in list . 84 Sub-reference code suffixes (after colon in list) . 85 REFERENCES . 85 Main list . 85 Sub-reference list . 90 Frontispiece (from original cover of editions 1-3). Hart’s-tongue Thyme-moss Plagiomnium undulatum (Hedw.) T Kop., adapted from Dillenius JJ (‘1741’) Historia muscorum. t.LII:f.76. Oxford. NOTE A companion basic INDEX of all British taxa giving only English preferred names, is available as a small downloadable Excel workbook (currently English_names-5.02_for_Excel.xlsx),.
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