aff.

[Tom Stuart]

Affinis literally means,

"bordering upon, adjacent to; allied, kindred"

as Ray indicated.

This is taken from an on-line dictionary of botanical epithets
maintained by Chuck Griffith at:

http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html

The dictionary is useful for explaining botanical terms, but serves
the dual purpose of translating many species names.


Tom Stuart, PO Box 517, Croton Falls, NY 10519, tstuart at westnet.com