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English
Noun
exsiccatum (plural exsiccata)
- A dried specimen such as that in a herbarium.
1902, H. W. Pugsley, “The British Capreolate Fumitories”, in The Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, volume 40, page 179:The exsiccata quoted are all to be found in the Herbarium of the British Museum.
1953, Guy Richard Bisby, An Introduction to the Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Fungi, page 105:On and after January 1, 1953, the distribution of an exsiccatum relative to any new taxon, accompanied by an original diagnosis, even if this is printed, does not constitute effective publication.
References
- Exsiccatae of the Bryophytes of Taiwan, Shan-Hsiung Lin, The Bryologist, Vol. 84, No. 3 (Autumn, 1981), pp. 359-362
- Botanical Latin, William T. Stearn, 1966, Thomas Nelton and Sons Ltd., London, pp. 418, 426
Latin
Participle
exsiccātum
- inflection of exsiccātus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular