The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a

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of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of

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. It includes basic bibliographical details associated with the names. Its goals include eliminating the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names. The IPNI also maintains a list of standardized author abbreviations. These were initially based on Brummitt & Powell (1992), but new names and abbreviations are continually added.

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IPNI is the product of a collaboration between The

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), The

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( APNI). The IPNI database is a collection of the names registered by the three cooperating institutions and they work towards standardizing the information. The standard of author abbreviations recommended by the ''

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'' is Brummitt and Powell's ''

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''. A digital and continually updated list of authors and abbreviations can be consulted online at IPNI. The IPNI provides names that have appeared in scholarly publications, with the objective of providing an index of published names rather than prescribing the accepted

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* of the IPNI – searchable for plant name, author name, publication {{Kew Gardens Botanical nomenclature Online botany databases Botany books Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

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