8145 Posted September 18, 2012 Hi guys this is err... embarrassing but what does spp means ? As in lets say for the sake of having an example Papaver spp... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shortly Posted September 18, 2012 multiple species 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8145 Posted September 18, 2012 multiple species You legend ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted September 18, 2012 I think it is followed by a full stop eg ssp. sp. means one (singular) species correct me if I'm wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
space cadet swami Posted September 18, 2012 Ok... I'm gonna go out on a limb & expose my blondness here, but I thought ssp. meant ...sub species..? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
klip247 Posted September 18, 2012 Im pretty sure it means sub species.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LokStok Posted September 18, 2012 sp. species singular spp. species plural (more than one) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) Your right spacey & klip about ssp. but the question was about spp. which refers to all of the species in a genus. Edited September 18, 2012 by Jox 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Foo Posted September 18, 2012 Question was less noob then you thought hey op? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WoodDragon Posted September 18, 2012 (edited) As others have said it simply means more than one species. It doesn't have to mean all the species in a genus, although in context it might be used to refer to such. Oh, and please, can everyone pronounce it as species, and not shpecies or speshies or (shudder) shpeshies. It's a specificity thing... or do I mean shpecificity, or shpeshifishity, or... Edited September 18, 2012 by WoodDragon 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quarterflesh Posted September 18, 2012 SluShPuppies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted September 18, 2012 sub-species = subsp. or ssp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tarenna Posted September 18, 2012 Your right spacey & klip about ssp. but the question was about spp. which refers to all of the species in a genus. spp. refers to multiple species in a genus. NOT all species in a genus. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8145 Posted September 18, 2012 Question was less noob then you thought hey op? Wow that's a compliment Cheers guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
planthelper Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) check out the pinned thread here, post #142, made by indigo sunrise, it explains everything!! specialy, that it's, Trichocereus pachanoi, not Trichocereus Pachanoi.....even more correct would be using italics Trichocereus pachanoi. http://www.shaman-au...pic=8656&st=125 Edited September 19, 2012 by planthelper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jox Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) My apologies I thought it was referring to all species in a genus. jox Edited September 19, 2012 by Jox Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whitewind Posted September 19, 2012 Wikipedia: Abbreviated names Books and articles sometimes intentionally do not identify species fully and use the abbreviation "sp." in the singular or "spp." in the plural in place of the specific epithet: for example, Canis sp. This commonly occurs in the following types of situations: The authors are confident that some individuals belong to a particular genus but are not sure to which exact species they belong. The authors use "spp." as a short way of saying that something applies to many species within a genus, but do not wish to say that it applies to all species within that genus. If scientists mean that something applies to all species within a genus, they use the genus name without the specific epithet. In books and articles, genus and species names are usually printed in italics. Abbreviations such as "sp.", "spp.", "subsp.", etc. should not be italicized 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CβL Posted September 19, 2012 cv. - cultivar (can be a clone, or a distinctive phenotype that breeds true from seed - this specfication usually refers to something that has been bred or kept alive by humans) var. - variety http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety_%28botany%29 A variety might be like an island species of a plant that is almost identical, except the leaves are 3x bigger. It's the same type of occurence as a cultivar (except the clone), and except that it occured naturally. http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=1486 http://nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.asp?ID=2 My example was these trees, I thought they were varieties, but they're actually subspecies - so I'm also confused. =D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Halcyon Daze Posted September 19, 2012 Lol ssp. =subspecies spp. = multiple species sp. = species (singular) I never realised how easily they could be confused. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WoodDragon Posted September 20, 2012 'Spp' can also apply to multiple species from different genera - it's not necessarily used to refer to many species in just one genus. It's all a matter of context. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites