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The natural history index is subdivided into three separate indexes, namely for biology, zoology and earth sciences. These subdivisions correspond in principle to Linnaeus' arrangement of the Systema Naturae in three realms, namely the Regnum vegetabile, Regnum animale and Regnum minerale. During the work of indexing the aim has been, as far as possible, to provide the currently valid scientific term, while explaining its relationships and other matters of interest. Many Latin terms that occur in the journals of the apostles have not been published and some of them are impossible to elucidate, i.e. to relate to current nomenclature, and can occasionally not even be fitted into a systematic framework. It has nevertheless been possible to identify most of the terms, and the current nomenclature has been added. In such cases the added name is followed by ->, leading to the original search term, with a reference to the relevant volume and page number. With regard to the nomenclature, it should be noted that Linnaeus is cited as a zoological author as Linn., whereas in botanical nomenclature his authorial name is abbreviated to
L. Furthermore, in botany the reclassifying author is indicated after the basic authorial name in parentheses but is omitted in zoological nomenclature, which is restricted to the original author's name in parentheses, e.g. (Linn.). When
the journals of the apostles were published in the 18th century it was not standard practice to print scientific names in italics, but that is done systematically in the index, which means that the text in certain journals thus differs from the form in which it appears in the present edition. In the course of the work of identifying all the scientific names a number of data bases have been used, such as IPNI and IK (International Plant Names Index, Index Kewensis) for angiosperms,
both available via Harvard University data bases, as well as Tropicos, Krypto-S and other available sources on the Internet. For zoology frequent use has been made of Fishbase, Avibase and other data bases.Numbers in parentheses refer in botany to Linnaeus' Flora suecica, 1st ed. (1745), and in zoology to Linnaeus' Fauna suecica, 1st ed. (1746). |