scientificNameAuthorship

Term name
scientificNameAuthorship

Definition
The authorship information for the scientificName formatted according to the conventions of the applicable nomenclaturalCode.

Recommendation
Recommended

Guidelines

 * Full author name(s) for the lowest rank.
 * If you use abbreviations, use the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) controlled vocabulary "Standard form," which continues to update post Brummit and Powell, 1992: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do

[KCP comment: should this be here?:

nomenclaturalCode ICBN: only if you know that all names follow this code!]

Controlled vocabulary
controlled vocabulary: http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do

Other resources
LINKS TO RESOURCES, PERHAPS WITH EXPLANATION