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List of authors of South African botanical taxa is a list of authors who have named South African plants and the standard
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s used for those authors in the botanical literature. The entry for each author is given on a single line showing their name, dates and other names by which they have been known. Following this comes a list of the major groups they have worked on, separated by commas, and finally the standard form for their name (in bold).


The major groups are

*S - Spermatophytes/ Phanerogams (flowering plants and gymnosperms) *M - Fungi and
Lichen A lichen ( , ) is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi species in a mutualistic relationship.Mycology) *A -
Algae Algae (; singular alga ) is an informal term for a large and diverse group of photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms. It is a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from unicellular mic ...
*P -
Pteridophyte A pteridophyte is a vascular plant (with xylem and phloem) that disperses spores. Because pteridophytes produce neither flowers nor seeds, they are sometimes referred to as "cryptogams", meaning that their means of reproduction is hidden. Ferns, ...
s *B - Bryophytes *F - Fossils *L - Pre- Linnaean (from ') *C - Cryptogamic (from ') The dates given are those of birth and death where one or both are available. If neither is known, a date on which the author is known to have published a name (usually the earliest if more than one is known) is given preceded by 'fl.' (''floruit'').


See also

* List of botanists by author abbreviation *
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants The ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "trad ...


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Further reading

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External links


Wikispecies catalogue of taxon authorities
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