Abbreviations

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See Appendix of Names.
AB
Anne Bean and Amida Johns - South African Wild Flower Guide 5 - Stellenbosch to Hermanus, (or Anne Bean herself).
An
Alice Notten
Ar
Arabic.
BB
Batten & Bokelmann - Wild Flowers of the Eastern Cape.
BL
William T Stern: Botanical Latin (2004), Fourth Edition 1992 (2004).Botanical Latin (2004), Fourth Edition 1992 (2004).
Bu
Thomas Bulfinch The Age of Fable;. Myths of Greece and Rome
Ca
Cassell’s Latin Dictionary, 26th Edition 1952
Cambridge
Cambridge Biological Series – Flowering Plants and Ferns; JC Willis (1931)
Ce
Celtic.
cf.
Compare (La. 'confer' imperative of 'conferre' = compare, match, like [Ox / Ws]).
Ch
Southern African Botanical Epithets: A Biographical Etymology Compiled by Michael L. Charters. (http://www.calflora.net/southafrica/plantnames.html)
Cl
Hugh Clarke and Michael Charters, The Illustrated Dictionary of Southern African Plant Names; Struik 2016
Co
The Cape Orchids - A regional monograph of the orchids of the Cpe Floristic Region – William R. Liltved and Steven D. Johnson. (Sandstone 2012)
Cw
Dr. Christopher Whitehouse,= (PhD), proprietor of Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, Western Cape Province.
D
Middle Dutch.
Eg
Oxford English - Greek Learner’sDictionary; D N Stavropoulos & A S Hornsby (Oxford University Press 2001)
Eng
English.
F
Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Plant Lists
FC
Mary Maytham Kidd; Wild Flowers of the Cape Peninsula 1950 (Oxford University Press)
Fowler
The New Fowler’s – Modern English Usage, Third Edition, by RW Burchfield; Oxford 1996
Fp
Formosa panispistoria.
Fr
French.
G
Greek.
ga
Geoffrey Andrew.
HC
Hugh Clarke
Heb
Hebrew.
Hi
Hindi.
I1
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rburnham/SpeciesAccountspdfs/CelascanCELAFINAL.pdf
I10
http://www.tfode.com/aquifoliaceae
I11
http://hardyfernlibrary.com/ferns/listFerns.cfm?Family=Aspleniaceae
I12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentius
I13
http://www.memidex.com/myricaceae
I14
https://www.ipni.org/?q=species%3Aerinus
I20
https://www.google.com/search?q=lysimachia+etymology
I21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegmariurus_phlegmaria#cite_note-grin-2
I22
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usnea#Description
I23
https://www.britannica.com/plant/Zamiaceae
I24
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=a705397e3bbcc753&sxsrf=ADLYWIKza-hE_iqgM-eF3ANk8OKMUVgt7A:1729346542186&q=What+is+the+common+name+for+Zamiaceae%3F&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxrtzyzZqJAxV4RkEAHe9mEbcQzmd6BAgYEAY&biw=1536&bih=988&dpr=0.83
I3
http://books.google.co.za/books?id=
DksAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=osmund+the+waterman&source=bl&ots=mTgO5ysb1c&sig=Yl4FsBXEPFBXk1E4b510IK54uuo&hl=en&ei=aJ5fTKCTDcP6lwfoyPSZCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=osmund%20the%20waterman&f=false
I4
https://archive.org/stream/southernafricanp00jgol/southernafricanp00jgol_djvu.txt
I5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryad
I6
https://pantheon.org/articles/n/naenia.html.
I7
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=orchid&searchmode=none
I8
http://corantus.com/en/Anacardiaceae
I9
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crassula_bergioides
Int
Internet by Geoffrey Andrew.
Int2
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~rburnham/SpeciesAccountspdfs/VicicracFABAFINAL.pdf.
It
Italian.
J
WPU Jackson (1990) Origins and meanings of names of South African Plant Genera
JSTOR
https://www.jstor.org/
a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
K
Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Plant Lists
K3
Deon Kesting and Hugh Clarke: Botanical Names - What they mean; Wild flowers of the Cape Peninsula.Third revised and enlarged edition. (2008).
Ks
Khoisan.
L
Linneaus.
La
Latin.
LB
Lee Burman.
ld
A Latin Dictionary, Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short; Founded on Andrews’edition of Freund’s Latin Dictionary – Revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten; Oxford Impression of 1962.
Le
The Levyns Guide to the Plant Genera of the Southwestern Cape; Revised version by Terry H. Trinder-Smith. (2003)
Lindley
J Lindley: An Introduction to Botan y (1832) and The Elements of Botany (1847).
LS
A Lexicon abridged from Liddell & Scott's Greek & English Lexicon; Oxford - 1935 impression.; and the Abridged Lyddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, 2007 Simon Wallenberg, (reformatted edition).
M
Hilda Mason: Western Cape Sandveld Flowers - Struik 1972.
Ma
Manning, John: Field Guide to Fynbos (2007).
Matham-Kidd
Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain National Park, South African Wild Flower Guide 12; Botanical Society of South Africa (2006)
Mbg
Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol 97, 2010; Ref SANBI
Mg
Dr A Magee.
Mv
Marie Voigts: South Africa's Proteaceae, Know them and grow them; (1982) (1989).
N
Old Norse.
Oe
Old English.
Ol
Inge & Ted Oliver Ericas of the Cape Peninsula (2002); and Ericas of the Cape Peninsula (2000)
Ox
The Oxford English Dictionary (Second edition) (1989).
P
Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Plant Lists
Pa
K C Palgrave: Threes of Southern Africa - C. Struik 1977.
Pe
Old Persian
PG
Pierre Grimal: The Dictionary of Classical Mythology - Blackwell 1986.
Plin
Plinius Secundus (major), naturalist, died 79 A.D. Plineus Caecilius Secundus (minor), died about 100 A.D.
PS
http://redlist.sanbi.org; Red List of South African Plants (2015)
PSA
http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php; Plants of South Africa SANBI
Pza
http://www.plantzafrica.com - South African National Biodiversity Institute.
q.v.
quod vide,= which see.
Ro
J P Roux: Swaziland Ferns and Fern allies: South African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 19 – 2003
RW
The Book of Rainbows by Richard Whelan; (First Glance Books 1997)
S9
Strelitzia 9; Peter Goldblatt and John Manning, Cape Plants - A Conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa
SABDI
South African Botanical Diversity Network.
Sem
Semitic origin.
sg
Emma Short and Alex George: A primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary (Cambridge University Press 2013).
SK
Schoeman, Kirsten nd Oliver: Ericas of South Africa (1992).
Skr
Sanskrit.
Sm
CA Smith (1962) Common Names of South African plants (Department of Agricultural Services).
St
Plants of South Africa – an annotated checklist: Strelitsia 14 (2003).
Sw
Sheila Williams: 'Coastal Herbarium'.
TR
Tony Rebelo: SASOL Proteas – A field guide to the Proteas ofSouthern Africa (1995).
vJ
Vygies, Gems of the Veld: Ernst J. van Jaarsveld and U. de Villiers Pienaar, published in 2000 by Cactus and Co
Vo
Vogelgat Nature Reserve, Plant List.
Wf
Wild Flowers of the Western Cape: Peter Goldblatt & John Manning. NBI 2000.
Wi
Wikipedia
Ws
Sir William Smith “A Smaller Latin-English Dictionary, 6th Edition; (1952) (John Murray)