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= Flora of Panama. Thus, a name followed by “sensu FI. Pan., non Schltr.” is a syn- 
onym according to its (incorrect) usage in the Flora of Panama, but not according to 
the name’s original author, Schlechter (i.e., not according to its type); “sensu Fl. Pan. 
pro parte” would suggest that the Flora of Panama concept included other species 
as well. 
A special effort has been made to indicate the disposition of all names accepted in 
the Flora of Costa Rica (Standley, 1937b—1938b). 
Spanish common names used in Costa Rica are provided for all species and infra- 
specific taxa for which this information is available, and are presented (in SMALL CAPI- 
TALS) at the end of the nomenclature paragraph, or where the infraspecific taxa are men- 
tioned. Common names applied uncritically to all or most species in a genus are given 
in the genus heading. Common names have been gleaned from herbarium labels and 
various literature sources, especially Pittier (1957), Fournier O. & Garcia (1998), and 
Leon & Poveda A. (2000). The only English common names reproduced here are those 
used locally by English-speaking Costa Ricans on the Caribbean coast (Limon Pro- 
vince). Amerindian names are not given, except when widely adopted; interested read- 
ers should consult Pittier (1957), the principal source of indigenous names for Costa 
Rican plants. 
Authorities 
Names of authorities, or authors, of scientific plant names are given only for species 
and infraspecific taxa. Authority names appear in the “standard form” provided by Au- 
thors of plant names (Brummitt & Powell, 1992). For authors not included in that work, 
or listed erroneously (R. L. Rodriguez Caballero as “R. Lucas Rodriguez”), a “stan- 
dard form” was coined according to the guidelines presented by Brummitt & Powell 
(1992: 9-12). When a species name (or the name of an infraspecific taxon) has been 
transferred to a genus (or species) other than the one in which it was originally de- 
scribed, the author of the basionym (original binomial) appears in parentheses, the au- 
thor of the new combination outside the parentheses. The connective “ex” signifies that 
a name was borrowed from a previous worker, who never validly published it; thus, 
“H. Wendl. ex Spruce” qualifies a name that was used informally by Wendland (e.g., on 
a herbarium label or in a manuscript), but ultimately validated by Spruce. The connec- 
tive “en” is used whenever the authorship of a taxon name differs from the authorship 
of the paper or book in which it was published; thus, “H. Wendl., en Spruce” would 
be used for a taxon validated by Wendland, in a publication authored by Spruce. Be- 
cause “en” is really part of the bibliographic citation (see below), rather than the au- 
thority entry, it is preceded by a comma, and only used for accepted names and their 
basionyms. 
