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drosera sp. pl.

English translation: spp.

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Italian term or phrase:( botanica ) sp. pl. o spp.=specie plurime
English translation:spp.
Entered by: Michele Fauble

00:12 Feb 18, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
Italian term or phrase: drosera sp. pl.
Sto traducendo un testo in cui ci sono dei nomi di piante. Ad un certo punto compare:...tra le più interessanti vi sono le drosere (Drosera sp. pl.).
So che drosera= sundew. Quello che non capisco è quel "sp. pl." che compare solo nei siti italiani (pare dunque che in ingl. non rimanga così), e che viene associato alla Drosera Rosolida, la cui traduzione non trovo da nessuna parte.
Qualcuno sa per cosa sta "sp. pl."? Devo tradurlo?
paolamonaco
Italy
Local time: 22:24
Drosera Sp.Pl.
Explanation:
Botanical nomenclature. It is international, do not translate. Remember to capitalize the genus name (Drosera).

... Linnaeus named Uvularia sessilifolia in the first publication to use binomial nomenclature throughout - Species Plantarum (abbreviated Sp. Pl.). ...
flora.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/ Outreach/FNA_fsintro_flora.shtml

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Note added at 5 hrs 21 mins (2005-02-18 05:34:01 GMT)
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Or perhaps it\'s equivalent to \'Drosera spp\', (Pl.= plural?) meaning \'Drosera species\'.



species (abr. sp., pl. spp.)
A fundamental category of taxonomic classification that ranks below a genus and above subspecies; a population or series of populations whose individuals have the potential to freely breed with one another and that is discontinuous in variation from other populations or series of populations. The plural abreviation \"spp.\" is usually used to refer to all the individual species within a genus, e.g., Cornus spp. refers to all the plants within the dogwood genus.
glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/species.html

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Note added at 5 hrs 30 mins (2005-02-18 05:43:40 GMT)
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If it is followed by Linn. and a number, then it definitely refers to Linnaeus\' Species Plantarum.

Adiantum capillus-veners Linn. Sp. Pl. 1096.
Occasional on the face of shaded dripping cliffs in the Lower Chaparral Zone.
Adiantum pedatum Linn. Sp. Pl. 1065.
Snow Cañon, an Hudsonian island in Mill Creek Cañon.
ww.geocities.com/Yosemite/ Gorge/5604/parish1917sanbernardino.htm


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Note added at 5 hrs 44 mins (2005-02-18 05:56:51 GMT)
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sp.pl. = \'specie plurime\'= spp. \'Drosera spp.\'

.. In altri casi al posto del nome della specie compare l’abbreviazione sp.pl. “specie plurime” e ciò quando la scheda riguarda più piante dello stesso ...
www.ortofrutticola.it/tesoridalbenga/ aromatiche/aromatiche.htm



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Note added at 5 hrs 53 mins (2005-02-18 06:05:50 GMT)
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Wildflowers: Drosera spp.
Scientific Name Drosera spp. Common Name Sundew, ...
www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/ factsheets/wildflowers/drosera_spp.html
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Local time: 19:24
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Drosera Sp.Pl.


Explanation:
Botanical nomenclature. It is international, do not translate. Remember to capitalize the genus name (Drosera).

... Linnaeus named Uvularia sessilifolia in the first publication to use binomial nomenclature throughout - Species Plantarum (abbreviated Sp. Pl.). ...
flora.huh.harvard.edu/FNA/ Outreach/FNA_fsintro_flora.shtml

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Note added at 5 hrs 21 mins (2005-02-18 05:34:01 GMT)
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Or perhaps it\'s equivalent to \'Drosera spp\', (Pl.= plural?) meaning \'Drosera species\'.



species (abr. sp., pl. spp.)
A fundamental category of taxonomic classification that ranks below a genus and above subspecies; a population or series of populations whose individuals have the potential to freely breed with one another and that is discontinuous in variation from other populations or series of populations. The plural abreviation \"spp.\" is usually used to refer to all the individual species within a genus, e.g., Cornus spp. refers to all the plants within the dogwood genus.
glossary.gardenweb.com/glossary/species.html

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Note added at 5 hrs 30 mins (2005-02-18 05:43:40 GMT)
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If it is followed by Linn. and a number, then it definitely refers to Linnaeus\' Species Plantarum.

Adiantum capillus-veners Linn. Sp. Pl. 1096.
Occasional on the face of shaded dripping cliffs in the Lower Chaparral Zone.
Adiantum pedatum Linn. Sp. Pl. 1065.
Snow Cañon, an Hudsonian island in Mill Creek Cañon.
ww.geocities.com/Yosemite/ Gorge/5604/parish1917sanbernardino.htm


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Note added at 5 hrs 44 mins (2005-02-18 05:56:51 GMT)
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sp.pl. = \'specie plurime\'= spp. \'Drosera spp.\'

.. In altri casi al posto del nome della specie compare l’abbreviazione sp.pl. “specie plurime” e ciò quando la scheda riguarda più piante dello stesso ...
www.ortofrutticola.it/tesoridalbenga/ aromatiche/aromatiche.htm



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Note added at 5 hrs 53 mins (2005-02-18 06:05:50 GMT)
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Wildflowers: Drosera spp.
Scientific Name Drosera spp. Common Name Sundew, ...
www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/ factsheets/wildflowers/drosera_spp.html

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