Dave Dobak asked about abbreviating genus names. The standard style used by publishers, at least in English and currently, is to use only the first roman character, so that Phemeranthus would be P., not Ph. You do see the two-letter abbreviations in older works, however.
The use of the doubled initial at the head of a list of species in the same genus is pretty common, but at least two publishers I've worked for don't allow it. Instead of, e.g., FF. bucharica, stenanthera, and gibbosa, they would use F. bucharica, F. stenanthera, and F. gibbosa. Using a doubled character for a plural is probably related to the abbreviations used in scholarly citations, such as pp. and ff. These are forms that I was using as editor of the Rock Garden Quarterly, but I think Malcolm may loosen up the stylesheet and allow various approaches. Jane McGary Editorial Services Portland, Oregon _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
