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71 The naming of organisms (and plant communities)
established neotype: (prok.) a neotype (q.v.) that was proposed two or
more years earlier in the International Journal of Systematic and
Evolutionary Microbiology (formerly the International Journal of
Systematic Bacteriology) and which has not been objected to.
establishment: the process requiring certain criteria detailed in a Code to
be fulfilled on publication before a name can be taken into
consideration for nomenclatural purposes; see established name..
et, [&]: and; used, for example, in the author citation of a name which two
authors published jointly to link the names of the publishing authors;
e.g. Berk. et Broome or Berk. & Broome.
et al., [et aliorum, & al.; pl. et alii]: and others; used in the author citation
of a name or of literature with three or more authors; e.g. citing
"Brickell, Baum, Hetterscheid, Leslie, McNeill, Trehane, Vrugtman
& Wiersema (2004)" as "Brickell et al. (2004)".
et seq., [et sequens]: and the following; used, for example, in a
bibliographic reference after a page number to indicate that the
following pages should also be referred to; see cfr, ff. .
-etales: (phyt., obsol.) the suffix once used for terminating the name of a
syntaxon in the rank of class; see -etea.
-etalia: (phyt.) the suffix terminating the name of a syntaxon in the rank of
order.
-etea: (phyt.) the suffix terminating the name of a syntaxon in the rank of
class.
-etosum: (phyt.) the suffix terminating the name of a syntaxon in the rank
of subassociation.
-etum: (phyt.) the suffix terminating the name of a syntaxon in the rank of
association.
etymology, [etym.]: the linguistic derivation of a word.
Eu-, [eu-]: prefix, true. (1) (bot., prok., obsol.) formerly sometimes used for
the names of subdivisions of genera which included the type species
of the genus by adding the prefix, e.g. Carex sect. Eucarex, but no
longer permitted; see autonym. (2) (phyt.) sometimes used and still
permitted for the names of subordinate syntaxa with the same
characteristic species as the higher syntaxon; see compound name.