Sorry to ask....

[Zed]

FIIK - F if I know
DGARA - dont give a rats
BAU - business as usual
POS - piece of sh%t

[Wood Borer]

DNA - National Dyslexic Association

- Wood Borer

[PAH1]

sp can also be species ie Eucalyptus sp. referring to the fact you know it is a eucalyptus but not what species.

[kiwigeo]

sp can also be species ie Eucalyptus sp. referring to the fact you know it is a eucalyptus but not what species.

"Spp" seems to be used alot...does this have a different meaning than "sp"? Maybe spp refers to all species within a genus while sp as you say denotes an unknown spesice whithin a genus.

Any botanists with an answer?

[PAH1]

I have always used sp. Spp would seem unusual because it defies the naming convention all in lower case for second name. In forest trees of australia it uses spp. to refer to multiple species.

[AlexS]

WOFTAM - Waste of F'ing time and money

[kiwigeo]

I have always used sp. Spp would seem unusual because it defies the naming convention all in lower case for second name. In forest trees of australia it uses spp. to refer to multiple species.

Caps was my goof...Botany 101 was my best subject but thats as far as I went in that subject.

Id say youre right in that it refers to multiple species..ie when you are referring to a genus in general. Was just curious.

Heres another one...Im seeing Inoceramus (Mesozoic mollusc) shell fragments in my rock samples out here at work. How would you refer to more than one Inoceramus?? Would it be Inocermus's....Inocerami....

[PAH1]

Id say youre right in that it refers to multiple species..ie when you are referring to a genus in general. Was just curious.

Heres another one...Im seeing Inoceramus (Mesozoic mollusc) shell fragments in my rock samples out here at work. How would you refer to more than one Inoceramus?? Would it be Inocermus's....Inocerami....

It is a little more subtle than that. It is normally used like sp. refers to an individual specimen or perhaps a small group of identical specimens, but you do not know which actual species. spp. generally refers to more general aspects eg all Eucalptus spp. have opercula and fused sepals.

The second bit is a bit outside how I would think of things. I work on bloodworm, Chironomus tepperi, the plural becomes Chironomids. I am not too good on latin grammar but that may make the plural Inoceramids....

[julianx]

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[hexbaz]

sp in brackets (as it was in the original question) would normally refer to spelling. It is used when you are unsure whether you have spelt something correctly, like if I referred to the Thorpedo as Ian Thourpe (sp).

(sic), as has already been said, is kind of the opposite. If you were to quote my poor spelling above (particularly if I had not used the 'sp'), you would say "... Ian Thourpe (sic)". Sic is Latin for "so", or "in this way".
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[Dylan SJ]

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[Toggy]

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[HappyHammer]

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