SPP Excuse my ignorance.

[Fluxtor]

Hi, as a newbie to aquascaping and planted tanks when looking at plants I often see "plant name" followed by "spp", for instance Anubias spp.

Could someone tell me what the "spp" means?

TIA

 

[John q]

I assumed it was the plural of specie (sp) meaning more than one species (spp) or in Latin species pluralis.

I could be wrong. Any botanists in the house @dw1305

 

[Tim Harrison]

Spp. is an abbreviation of the plural, meaning two or more species.

Binomial nomenclature - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Fluxtor]

Spp. is an abbreviation of the plural, meaning two or more species.

Binomial nomenclature - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Perfect, thanks!

 

[hypnogogia]

Spp. is an abbreviation of the plural, meaning two or more species.

Binomial nomenclature - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

How do you get it to highlight the relevant text in yellow in that link?

 

[John q]

How do you get it to highlight the relevant text in yellow in that link?

It's a magic trick: Google

Binomial nomenclature spp.​

And it will appear in the linked article highlighted 😉