>In the code it is recommended that all authors axcept for Linne
>(abbreviated: L.) and Fabricius (abbreviated: F.) are fully written....
The international code of zoological nomenclature does not say this. Rather
it says in Recommendation E11 "The name of an author should not be
abbreviated except optionally, the name of an author who will be recognized
by the importance of his work and by his abbreviated name. An author's name
should never be so abbreviated that confusion with other authors' names will
be caused."
The botanists have official abbreviations for authors, but zoologists do not.
Gary
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