Austria label help?
Austria label help?
Hi All,
I'm preparing some old material from papers and I have a label that I cannot interpret. I do know that this begins as 'AUSTRIA, Carinthia' and ends with 'July 1980' (the species is clear - Leptura arcuata), Can anybody interpret the third word? I get "Prussin..." but the last three letters have me stumped. And is this an abbreviation of a longer word?
Thanks for any help!
Bandrow
I'm preparing some old material from papers and I have a label that I cannot interpret. I do know that this begins as 'AUSTRIA, Carinthia' and ends with 'July 1980' (the species is clear - Leptura arcuata), Can anybody interpret the third word? I get "Prussin..." but the last three letters have me stumped. And is this an abbreviation of a longer word?
Thanks for any help!
Bandrow
Re: Austria label help?
It is Prüssing which is the German family name.
The last two letters maybe jr or qr
The last two letters maybe jr or qr
Re: Austria label help?
This is no family name. It is the abbreviation Prössinggr. for Prössinggraben (this is a valley in Eastern Carinthia).
Greetings from Austria
Greetings from Austria
Re: Austria label help?
Greetings,
Paul K - Thanks - I was considering that, but it seemed an odd order to have locality/collector/date
Tameamea - Thank you for clarifying this. I wasn't sure I was seeing 'gr.' or 'gn' on the end, and no place name came up on any of the mapping tools I have or through Google. When in doubt, go to the source. And a big 'Thank you!' from Pennsylvania!!
Cheers!
Bandrow
Paul K - Thanks - I was considering that, but it seemed an odd order to have locality/collector/date
Tameamea - Thank you for clarifying this. I wasn't sure I was seeing 'gr.' or 'gn' on the end, and no place name came up on any of the mapping tools I have or through Google. When in doubt, go to the source. And a big 'Thank you!' from Pennsylvania!!
Cheers!
Bandrow
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