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Posted: Jun/23/2009 4:08 AM PST
Can someone tell me what the sp. stands for after the flower name[ ie. zinnia sp.] 
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Posted: Jun/23/2009 4:52 AM PST
I think that it means species. |
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Posted: Jun/23/2009 1:16 PM PST
Ralph, if you see it after a word in my thread, its becasue I don't know how to spell something. LOL |
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Posted: Jun/24/2009 4:46 PM PST
I always put my spelling mistakes in (sp). 
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Posted: Jun/24/2009 8:28 PM PST
zinnia sp. = topic/subject is about zinnia genus in general. Or the subject is about one specie. zinnia spp. = The spp. is plural used after a genus with more than one species. The writer is telling you there is more than one species in the genus. Or the topic/subject will be about more than one species. At least this is how I understand it. 
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