Associations, Authorities, Organizations, Programs, & Publications…
LAMP – The Latin America Corn Project began with support from Pioneer Hi-Bred International, and was one of the earliest international cooperative efforts dedicated to evaluation of a major crop. The program involved significant sharing and field testing of regional landraces. Seed from LAMP work are now available through CIMMYT. (Smith, Betrán, & Runge, 2005)
LNPS- “The Louisiana Native Plant Society Purposes Are: To preserve and study native plants and their habitats; To educate people on the value of native plants and the need to preserve and protect rare and endangered species; To promote the propagation and use of native plants in the landscape; [and] To educate people on the relationship between our native flora and wildlife.”
LSEB – “Established in 1987, State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany (LSEB) was formerly a key laboratory of CAS. In 2005, LSEB became a state key laboratory by integrating the Department of Plant Taxonomy, the Herbarium, the Department of Paleobotany, and the Chinese Paleobotany Museum. LSEB now has 17 research groups and 67 researchers, in which 2 are Academicians of CAS, 22 are professors, and 5 won the “National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars”. The CAS Academician Xiaoya Chen is the President of the LSEB’s academic committee, and Prof. Xiaoquan Wang is its director.
LSEB aims to study the pattern, formation and variation of plant species diversity, in order to reconstruct plant phylogeny and unravel the processes and mechanisms underlying evolution. The laboratory also studies the character variation and genetic background of resource plants, particularly the evolutionary and developmental patterns of key characters, as to provide a theoretical basis for the genetic improvement of crops and economic plants for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.”
LTWA – “What does LTWA stand for? LTWA stands for “List of Title Word Abbreviations.”
What is the LTWA? It is a list that contains all the standardised abbreviations used for words in scientific citations. It is based on ISO 4.
ISO 4 is an international standard which defines a uniform system for the abbreviation of serial titles, i.e., titles of publications such as scientific journals. The ISSN International Centre, which the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has appointed as the registration authority for ISO 4, maintains the “List of Title Word Abbreviations”, which are standard abbreviations for words commonly found in serial titles.
One major use of ISO 4 is to abbreviate the names of scientific journals in citations. For instance, when citing a paper from the European Physical Journal, the ISO 4 standard prescribes the abbreviation “Eur. Phys. J.”
LTWA includes more than 56,000 words and their abbreviations in 65 languages. These abbreviated words serve as the basis for constituting “abbreviated key titles” published in the ISSN Register.
The List of title word abbreviations contains: the title words of periodicals identified by the ISSN Network and the corresponding abbreviations.
Description, Structure, Classification, Ecology, Cultivation….
Lf., lvs. – Leaf, leaves
Lft., lfts. – Leaflet, leaflets.
LUCA – the Last Universal Common Ancestor
Kew Plant Family Abbreviations:
LAB – Labiatae – dicot
LAM – Lamiaceae – dicot
LAN** – Lanariaceae – monocot
LAR – Lardizabalaceae – dicot
LAU – Lauraceae – dicot
LAX** – Laxmanniaceae – monocot
LCS – Lacistemataceae – dicot
LCT – Lactoridaceae – dicot
LCY – Lecythidaceae – dicot
LDC – Ledocarpaceae – dicot
LEE – Leeaceae – dicot
LEG – Leguminosae – dicot
LEO – Leonticaceae – dicot
LIL – Liliaceae – monocot
LIM – Limnanthaceae – dicot
LIN – Linaceae – dicot
LLA – Lilaeaceae – monocot
LMC – Limnocharitaceae – monocot
LMN – Lemnaceae – monocot
LMO – Limoniaceae – dicot
LND – Lindsaeaceae – pteridophyte
LNN – Lennoaceae – dicot
LNN** – Linnaeaceae – dicot
LNT – Lentibulariaceae – dicot
LOA – Loasaceae – dicot
LOB – Lobeliaceae – dicot
LOD* – Lomandraceae – monocot
LOG – Loganiaceae – dicot
LOM – Lomariopsidaceae – pteridophyte
LOR – Loranthaceae – dicot
LOW – Lowiaceae – monocot
LOX – Loxogrammaceae – pteridophyte
LPB – Lepidobotryaceae – dicot
LPH – Lophosoriaceae – pteridophyte
LPI – Lophiraceae – dicot
LPR – Lepuropetalaceae – dicot
LPX – Lophopyxidaceae – dicot
LSS – Lissocarpaceae – dicot
LTN – Leitneriaceae – dicot
LUZ** – Luzuriagaceae – monocot
LXS – Loxsomaceae – pteridophyte
LXT – Loxsomataceae – pteridophyte
LYC – Lycopodiaceae – pteridophyte
LYG – Lygodiaceae – pteridophyte
LYT – Lythraceae – dicot
Genes, Control, Molecules, & Pathways…
L – 1-letter symbol for the amino acid Leucine
LATERNE – gene
LAX – gene
LBD – gene LBD – protein
LEAFY/LEAFY – a gene and protein “coordinate the activity of a whole group of genes whose… products are important for .. making the flower.” (Singer, 2018)
LEC –
lel – Klepikova, A.V. et al, 2021. lepidium-like, a Naturally Occurring Mutant of Capsella bursa-pastoris, and Its Implications on the Evolution of Petal Loss in Cruciferae. Front. Plant Sc. 2021: 12:714711 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34899769
Leu – abbreviation for the amino acid Leusine
LNC
LINES – Long Interspersed Nuclear Elements
LIPLESS –
LOV
LURE – proteins, cysteine-rich proteins, secreted from synergids, luring the pollen tube in that direction.
Lys – abbreviation for the amino acid Lysine
Herbaria…
L, U, WAG – Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland), Leiden, Netherlands
LAE – Papua New Guinea Forest Research Institute, National Herbarium, Papua, New Guinea;
LAGO – Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station Herbarium, La Grande, Oregon
LAGU – Asociación JardÌn Botánico La Laguna, Urbanización Plan de La Laguna, La Libertad, El Salvador
LAJC – Otero Junior College Herbarium, La Junta, Colorado
LAM – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Herbarium, Los Angeles California (On Deposit at Rancho Santa Ana, RSA).
LAMU – Lamar University Herbarium, Beaumont, Texas
LAPC – Pierce College Herbarium, Woodland Hills, California
LAT – Saint Vincent College Herbarium, Latrobe, Pennsylvania
LATV – University of Latvia, Salaspils, Salaspils, Latvia
LAU – Musée et Jardins Botaniques Cantonaux, Lausanne, Switzerland
LCDI – Luther College Herbarium, Decorah, Iowa
LCEU – Rowe-Love Herbarium Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
LCU – Catholic University of America Herbarium, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
LD – Botanical Museum, Lund, Sweden
LE – Komarov Botanical Institute (Ботанический институт имени В.Л. Комарова), St. Petersburg, Russia
LEA – University of Lethbridge Herbarium, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
LEB Universidad de León, León, Spain
LECB – Saint Petersburg University (Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет), Saint Petersburg, Russia
LFCC – Lord Fairfax Community College Herbarium, Middletown, Virginia
LG – Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
LGO – Columbia University Herbarium, Columbia University, Palisades, New York”
LI – Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums, Linz, Austria
LIL – Fundación Miguel Lillo, Tucumán, Argentina
LISC – Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, Lisboa, Portugal
LISE – Estação Agronómica Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal
LISU – Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa, Portugal
LIV – World Museum Liverpool, Liverpool, England, UK
LJM – Prirodoslovni Muzej Slovenije, Ljubljana, Slovenia
LJU – University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
LKHD – Claude Garton Herbarium, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
LLC – Our Lady of the Lake University Herbarium, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas
LLO – Lloyd Library and Museum Herbarium, Cincinnati, Ohio
LMU – Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique
LNCN – Lincoln Memorial University Herbarium, Harrogate, Tennessee
LOB – California State University Herbarium, California State University, Long Beach, California
LOC – Occidental College Herbarium, Los Angeles, California
LOMA – La Sierra University Herbarium, Riverside, California
LP – Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
LPB – Herbario Nacional de Bolivia, La Paz, Bolivia
LSC – Lyndon State College Herbarium, Lyndonville, Vermont
LSR – Leicestershire Museums, Leicester, England, UK
LSU – Louisiana State University Herbarium, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSUM – Bernard Lowy Mycological Herbarium, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
LSUS – D. T. MacRoberts Herbarium, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana
LTR – University of Leicester, Leicester, England, UK
LTU – Louisiana Tech University Herbarium, Ruston, Louisiana
LUG – Museo cantonale di storia natural, Lugano, Switzerland
LUX – Musée national d’histoire naturelle, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
LVNP – Lassen Volcanic National Park Herbarium, Mineral, California
LY – Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
LYJB – Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Lyon, Lyon, France
LYN – Ramsey-Freer Herbarium, Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia
LZ – University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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