Key


Nationality Symbols
Botanical Symbols
Other Symbols
Source Citations


Nationality Symbols

Used to group authors and publications by their linguistic culture - published or originating in America, Britain, published in French, or published in German.
Other languages and modifiers are noted separtely (eg. ◆︎ (Scot.) to indicate a Scottish entry).


When appearing after a common name of a species, they indicate that this common name was cited only by authors of that group.
If no symbol appears after a common name, it can be assumed to be universal in the given language.


▲︎
American (English).
◆︎
British (English).
◼︎
French.
●︎
German.

Botanical Symbols

☠︎
Warning: toxic, poisonous, or dangerous to handle.
☉︎
Annual.
⚇︎
Biennial.
NT
Near threatened (ICUN Red List).
VU
Vulnerable (ICUN Red List).
EN
Endangered (ICUN Red List).
CR
Critically Endangered (ICUN Red List).
EW
Extinct in the wild (ICUN Red List).
†︎
Extinct (ICUN Red List).

Other Symbols

❗︎
Sentiment may be culturally insensitive, inaccurate, or offensive.

Source Citations

For more details, see the verse index.

ALM
Aubry de La Mottraye (1723) ◆︎
BD
B. Delachénaye (1811)◼︎
CHW
Catharine Harbeson Waterman (1840) ▲︎
CLT
"Charlotte de Latour" (Louise Cortambert) (1723) ◼︎
CMK
Caroline Matilda Kirtland (1884) ▲︎
DLD
Dorothea Lynde Dix (1829) ▲︎
ESP
Elizabeth Steele Perkins (1839) ◆︎
EWW
Elizabeth Washington Wirt (1832) ▲︎
FS
Frederic Shoberl (ed.) (1839) ▲︎
FSO
Frances Sargent Osgood (1841) ▲︎
GAL
George A. Leavitt (pub.) (1867) ▲︎
HGA:LPF
Henry Gardiner Adams (1858) ◆︎
HGA:OT
Henry Gardiner Adams (1850) ◆︎
HNE
Henry Nicholson Ellacombe (1878) ◆︎
HP:FE
Henry Phillips (1825) ◆︎
HP:PD
Henry Phillips (1831) ◆︎
HP:SF
Henry Phillips (1823) ◆︎
JDS
Johann Daniel Symanski (1841) ●︎
JRV
Johann R. Vogl (c.1880) ●︎
JS
J. Smith (pub.) (pre-1871) ◆︎
K&H
Elizabeth Kent & Leigh Hunt (1823) ◆︎
KG
Kate Greenaway (1884) ◆︎
LAM
Louisa Anne Meredith (née Twamley) (1839) ◆︎
LH
Lucy Hooper (1841) ▲︎
O&B
Osborn & Buckingham (pub.) (1834) ▲︎
RT:FFF
Robert Tyas (1848) ◆︎
RT:LOF
Robert Tyas (1869) ◆︎
S&K
Saxton and Kelt (pub.) (1845) ▲︎
SJH
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1832) ▲︎
TM
Thomas Miller (1840) ▲︎
TTA
Thomas T. Ash (pub.) (1836) ▲︎