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- Search for author name or names using wildcarded search to ensure a new entry is required.
- Once you've confirmed that the author name/s are not already in APNI, click "New" in the top bar and select "Author" from the drop-down menu.
- Names are given in the format Surname, Initials (with no spaces between initials) e.g. Hooker, W.J.; Mueller, F.J.H. von
- Authority abbreviations are those given by the International Plant Name Index (IPNI): http://ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do, even if the publication uses a non-standard abbreviation (e.g. "F. v. M." instead of the standard F.Muell.). The Abbreviation field can be left blank if the person is an author of publications but not of any taxon names. If entering data for an entirely new authority without an abbreviation in IPNI, consult other APNI team members. Authority abbreviations can be added to existing publication author entries later if they subsequently publish plant names in their own right.
- Ideally there will only be one entry for each individual author and one entry for each unique author team. This means some licence is taken with the names or of authors as they appear in the workpublications. For example, a paper may be credited to "P.G.Wilson". Due to confusability, it's necessary to find out whether this is Paul Graham Wilson or Peter Gordon Wilson. The paper (and any names published within) should be attributed to the correct author, regardless of whether the journal gives full names or just initials.
- Extra Information and Notes fields can be used to distinguish between author entries which may otherwise be confused, e.g. full names, birth and death dates etc.
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