ACRONYMS FOR RECENTLY PROPOSED ANGIOSPERM FAMILIES Daniel Nickrent L. Department ofPlant Biology Southern University Illinois 62901 Carbondaie, Illinois -6509, U.S.A. [email protected] ABSTRACT Nine additional RESUMEN & have been proposed vascular plant families (Kiger Reveal 2000, 2009). Standardized abbreviations for all The complete of acronyms being maintained and updated by the Colorado Native Plant Society list 3-letter is Two have appeared http://www.conps.org/pdf/Plant%20Keys/ACROS.pdf). recent publications that (see proposed new angiosperm family names (Nickrent et al. 2010; Schaeferhoff et al. 2009). Given that these now each among and important link acronyms are seeing wide usage herbarium curators others, to The proposed acronyms are: . Amphorogynaceae (AMP) Nanodeaceae (NAD) Cervatesiaceae (CER) Strombosiaceae (STB) Comandraceae (COM) Thesiaceae (THI) Coulaceae (COU) XXiimmeenniiaacceeaaee ((XXIIMM)) Microteaceae (MCT) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS thank Snow me acronyms as well as for pointing out I Neil (BISH) encouraging propose the Santalales for to that Microteaceae also requires one. REFERENCES W *** of usable plant-family R abbreviation and A scheme standardized J.L Reveal 2000. comprehensive for names and ^ type-based names. Huntia 1:55-84. suprafamilial 1 of usable plant-family R W. and A scheme standardized abbreviation J.L Reveal. 2009. comprehensive for names and http://www.plantsystematics.org/reveal/pbio/fam/famabbr. type-based names, suprafamilial html [Accessed May 3 2010]. ^ Taxon 59:538-558. Nckr£ A of Santalales. D.L V. Malecot, and Der 2010. revised classification R. Vidal-Russell, J.P. Phytolaccaceae Sow&ER the disentangling phylogenetics: HOff. and! Caryophyllales B-, K.F. Mgller, Borsch. 2009. and Willdenowia 39:209-228. new Molluginaceae isolated family. and Microteaceae as a description of