24. Miscellaneous Abbreviations and Symbols:

The following table gives the abbreviations and symbols that are to be used in the manuscripts.

Abbreviations
and symbols          Unabbreviated form

*                           endemic

@                         chromosome number from Chinese material

±                           plus or minus, more or less

??                         missing data to be added before publication

[]                          indicates distribution or morphological condition outside of China

µm                        micrometer(s)

X                          times

C                          Central

ca.                        circa, about, approximately

cm                        centimeter(s)

cv.                        cultivar

d.b.h.                    diameter at breast height

diam.                     diameter

E                           East

EC                        East Central

ed.                        edition

e.g.                       for example

et al.                      and others

fig.                        figure

fl.                          flowering

fr.                          fruiting

i.e.                        that is

km                        kilometer(s)

m                          meter(s)

mm                       millimeter(s)

N                          North

NC                       North Central

NE                        Northeast

nom. cons.            nomen conservandum

nom. nov.              nomen novum

nom. nud.              nomen nudum

n.s.                        new series

NW                      Northwest

p.                          page

pl.                         plate

pp.                        pages

p.p.                       pro parte

S                           South

SC                        South Central

SE                        Southeast

sect.                      section

ser.                       series

s.l.                         sensu lato

s.s.                        sensu stricto

sp., spp.                species

subfam.                 subfamily

subgen.                 subgenus

subsp., subspp.     subspecies

SW                       Southwest

t.                           table

var.                       variety

vol.                       volume

W                         West

WC                      West Central