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On the Standardization of Abbreviations of herbaria for use in taxonomic publications.
A T present it is usual in monographs and other taxonomic publications to mention by name the cited specimens in the Herbaria where they are deposited. Every author has his own system of abbreviations for these Herbaria and one is always obliged to look up the list of abbreviations. Moreover, it often happens that when one consults a certain paper it is necessary to look up the listed abbreviations in a back number of the periodical. While engaged in the preparation of the Index "Herbariorum", I had the opportunity of getting a more or less complete list of all the Herbaria in the world. Several Institutes have not yet answered our circular and my list of the Herbaria is therefore not complete. Nevertheless I think that my list can serve as a basis for a standardization of the abbreviations. If such a list is accepted, an author must only state that he has used the "Index Herbariorum List of Abbreviations". This list can be distributed widely among the Herbaria and anyone can easily look up what is meant by a certain abbreviation. I have now drawn up a preliminary list of all the Herbaria which have answered the circular for the Index Herbariorum and have arranged them alphabetically after the name of the town. The names of the larger Herbaria, which have not answered our circulars, are included. The following system has been followed: for the larger Herbaria an abbreviation is given of one or two letters nearest to the first letter of the name of the town, as has been usual in most taxonomic papers; for only a few of the larger Herbaria, other classical abbreviations are given. I hope that taxonomists and curators of Herbaria will study this list carefully and inform me: 1. If they do not agree with certain proposed abbreviations. 2. If Herbaria have been omitted from this list. 3. If they do not like standardization of abbreviations at all.
Name and Address of the Herbaria Proposed Abbreviation
Abraham (Great Britain), Botany Department of the University. A.
Aberystwyth (Great Britain), Department of Botany, University College of Wales. Ab.
Adelaide (South Australia), Dept. of Botany, University. Ad.
Alger (Algérie), Laboratoire de Botanique, Faculté des Sciences de l'université. Al.
Amami (Tanganyika Territory), The E. African Agric. Research Station. Amami.
Ames (Iowa, U.S.A.), Herbarium, Botany Department Iowa State College. Ames.
Amsterdam (Netherlands), Hortus Botanicus, Plantage Middellaan 24. Am.
Angers (France), Herbar Lloyd, Place des Halles. An.
Ankara (Turkey), Yüksek Ziraat Enstitüsü. Ank.
Ann Arbor, Mich. (U.S.A.), University Herbarium, Museum Building. Aber.
Antwerp (Belgium), Jardin Botanique, rue Léopold 24. Antw.
Auckland (New Zealand), Auckland Museum. Auc.
Barcelona (Spain), Institut Botànic, Carrer de Sant Gervasi 94. Ba.
Bayonne, Bassin Pyrén., (France), Muséum d'histoire naturelle, rue Jacques Laffitte. Bay.
Beirut (Syria), Botanic Labor. of the American University. Bei.
Benares (India), Dept. of Botany, Benares Hindu University. Ben.
Bergen (Norway), Bergens Museum, Abt. für system. Botanik. Berg.
Berkeley, Calif. (U.S.A.), Herbarium, Dept. of California, 4046 Life Sciences Building. Berk.
Berlin-Dahlem (Deutschland), Botanisches Museum, Kön. Luise-Str. 6-8, B. Berlin (Schleswig-Holstein), Sønderborg Institute, Altenbergrat 21. Bern.
Birmingham (Great Britain), The Botanical Department, The University. Birn.
Bloemfontein (South Africa), University College of Orange Free State. Blf.
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (U.S.A.), Cranbrook Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Blm.
Bonn (Deutschland), Botanische Anstalten d. Universität, Poppelsdorfer Schloss. Bonn.
Boston, Mass. (U.S.A.), Dept. of Materia Medica & Botany, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. Bost.
Boulder, Color. (U.S.A.), University of Colorado. Bou.
Bregenz (Österreich), Vorarlberger Landesmuseum. Breg.
Brno (Deutschland), Botanische Anstalten der Univ., Gopserstr. 6-8. Br.
Brignoles, Var (France), Salgues Foundation of Brignoles for the development of Biological Sciences, Dept. of Botany. Brign.
Brisbane, Queensland (Australia), Botanic Museum and Herbarium. Bri.
Bristol (Great Britain), Botany Dept. University. Bristol.
Brno (Czechoslovakia), Botanisches Institut der Masaryk-Universität,Kouřim. Brno-Mas.
Brno (Czechoslovakia), Abt. für system und angew. Botanik der Landesversuchsanstalt. Brno-L.
Brooklyn, N.Y. (U.S.A.), Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Blyn.
Brussels (Belgium), Jardin Botanique de l'État, Avenue Royale 256. Br.
Budapest VIII (Ungarn), Institut f. syst. Botanik der Universität, Muzeum körút 4. Bu-Un.
Budapest (Ungarn), Sectio Botanica Musaeum Nationales Hungarici, Academia-u. 2. Bu-Mus.
Buenos Aires (Argentine), Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Villa Orsini. Buen-Agr.
Buenos Aires (Argentine), Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Sección Botánica, Calle 489. Buen-Mus.
Buffalo, N.Y. (U.S.A.), Herbarium and Division of Botany, Buffalo Museum of Science, Humboldt Park. Buf.
Bulawayo (S. Rhodesia), The National Museum, Sonning Common, Berkshire. Bz.
Bulawayo. Bulawayo.
Caen (Calvados, France), Faculté des Sciences, Jardin Botanique. Caen.
Cairo (Egypt), Dept. of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Egyptian University, Abassia. Cairo.
Cambridge (Great Britain), Botany School. Camb.
Cambridge, Mass. (U.S.A.), Gray Her-
