Abbreviations and Signs 



Adj., adjacent. 



Adv., adventive. 



Afghan., Afghanistan. 



Afr., Africa. 



Ags. or Aguasc, Aguascalientes. 



Ala., Alabama. 



Alas., Alaska. 



Alt., altitude(s). 



Alta., Alberta. 



Am., America or American. 



Arct., Arctic. 



Arg., Argentina. 



Ariz., Arizona. 



Ark., Arkansas. 



Assoc, association(s). 



Atl., Atlantic. 



Auct.. auctor (originator). 



Austral., Australia. 



Auth., author(s). 



Bah. I., Bahama Islands. 



Baja Calif., Baja California. 



B.C., British Columbia. 



Berm., Bermuda. 



Bol., Bolivia. 



Braz., Brazil. 



Br. Gui., British Guyana. 



Br. Hond., British Honduras. 



C.A., Central America or Central 



American. 

 Calif., California. 

 Can., Canada. 

 Carib., Caribbean. 

 Cen., central. 

 Cf., compare, confer. 

 Chih., Chihuahua(n). 

 Chis., Chiapas. 

 Cm., centimeter (s), the 100th part of a 



meter = about % of an inch. 

 Co. or COS., county (ies). 

 Coah., Coahuila. 

 Col., Colombia. 

 Colo., Colorado. 

 Conn., Connecticut. 

 Cont., continental. 

 Corr., corected, as "(Corr. Wiild.)" 

 C.R., Costa Rica. 

 Cult., cultivated or cultivation. 

 D.C., District of Columbia. 

 Del., Delaware. 

 Descr., description. 



D.F., Distrito Federal. 



Dgo., Durango. 



Disj., disjunct. 



Dm., decimeter (s), the 10th part of a 



meter = about 4 inches. 

 E., east or eastern. 

 Eastw., eastward. 

 Ecu., Ecuador. 

 E.I., East Indies. 

 Elev., elevation(s). 

 Emend., emendavit (emendate). 

 Eng., England. 

 Err., error. 



Eur., Europe, European. 

 Euras., Eurasia (n). 

 P., filius, son, or the younger (when 



following the name of an author); 



form (forma), in relation to a plant 



variant. 

 Fl., flower. 

 Fla., Florida. 

 Fr., France, fruit. 

 Ft., feet. 

 Ga., Georgia. 

 Gr. Ant., Greater Antilles. 

 Greenl., Greenland. 

 Gro., Guerrero. 

 Gto., Guanajuato, 

 Guat., Guatemala. 

 Gui., Guyana(s). 

 Hgo., Hidalgo. 

 H.I., Hawaiian Islands. 

 Hisp., Hispaniola. 

 Hond., Honduras. 

 I. or Is., island(s). 

 la., Iowa. 

 Icel., Iceland. 

 Ida., Idaho. 

 111., Illinois. 

 Illegit., illegitimate. 

 Incl., including. 

 Ind., Indiana. 

 Introd., introduced. 

 Ire., Ireland. 

 Isr., Israel. 

 It., Italy. 

 Jal., Jalisco. 

 Jam., Jamaica. 

 Kan., Kansas. 

 Ky., Kentucky. 



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