Author Citation (botany)
In botanical nomenclature, author citation refers to citing the person (or group of people) who validly published a botanical name, i.e. who first published the name while fulfilling the formal requirements as specified by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN). In botany, it is customary (though not obligatory) to abbreviate author names according to a recognised list of standard abbreviations. In cases where a species is no longer in its original generic placement (i.e. a new combination of genus and specific epithet), both the author(s) of the original genus placement and those of the new combination are given (the former in parentheses).
There are diffences between the botanical Code and the normal practice in zoology. For example, in zoology the publication year is given following author name(s) and the authorship of a new combination is normally omitted. A small number of more specialized practices also vary between the recommendations of the botanical and zoological Codes.
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