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Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles

five-word scholarly article

"Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles" is a humorous,[1] but factual,[2] scientific paper. It was written by American botanist Reid Moran who was from the San Diego National History Museum.[3]

A specimen of Cneoridium dumosum
The range of Cneoridium dumosum is shown in green. The smaller blob is the extension mentioned in the paper.

Contents change

The paper is about a plant species called Cneoridium dumosum.[4]

Because of its long title, which has all of Moran's key points, and its many acknowledgements,[5] the paper only contains the words:[5][4]

I got it there then (8068).

which only has five words, the reference number of the specimen collected (inside parentheses), and a period.[5]

Moran's closing acknowledgement contains the text:

Last but not least, I cannot fail to mention my deep indebtedness to my parents, without whose early cooperation this work would never have been possible.

which was also used by biologist George Yatskievych in 1982.[6]

In an obituary to Moran, published by The San Diego Union-Tribune, another botanist Tom Oberbauer said that Moran "had a dry sense of humor".[3]

Publishing change

The paper was published in 1962. It was published in volume 16, page 272 of the California Botanical Society's scientific journal called Madroño.[5][4] The whole paper was later published again, in 2013, with the title "Reprinted Classic Madroño Articles" in Madroño, volume 60, page 359.[7] This was the California Botanical Society's centennial (100th) year.[8]

This paper is not the shortest paper ever published. A 2003 paper written by John H. Conway and Alexander Soifer has the title "Can n2+ 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?". The paper only has two words: "n2+2 can", and two figures.[9] An even shorter paper is titled "Chemiefreie Haushaltsprodukte" (which is German for "Chemical-free household products). It has zero words after the abstract.[10]

References change

  1. ↑ Samyn, Yves. "How to write a taxonomic paper". studylib.net. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Pincelli, Renato (23 May 2013). "Em Síntese…". hypercubic (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dr. Reid Venable Moran obituary". The San Diego Union-Tribune. February 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-09-15. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Moran, Reid (1962). "Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles". Madroño. 16 (8). California Botanical Society: 272. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Jackson, Morgan D. (10 July 2013). ""I got it there then" – Reid Moran, 1962". Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  6. ↑ Yatskievych, George Alfred (1982). A Taxonomic Study of the Lennoaceae (Thesis). University of Arizona. hdl:10150/274684.
  7. ↑ Moran, Reid (2013). "Reprinted Classic Madroño Articles: Cneoridium dumosum (Nuttall) Hooker F. Collected March 26, 1960, at an Elevation of about 1450 Meters on Cerro Quemazón, 15 Miles South of Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California, México, Apparently for a Southeastward Range Extension of Some 140 Miles". Madroño. 60 (4). California Botanical Society.: 359. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.4.359. S2CID 85111189. Archived from the original on June 26, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  8. ↑ Parker, V. Thomas (2013). "President's report for volume 60". Madroño. 60 (4). California Botanical Society: 360–361. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.4.360. S2CID 91869111. Archived from the original on 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
  9. ↑ Washietl, Stefan (17 June 2016). "The Shortest Papers Ever Published". Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  10. ↑ Goldberg, Alexander F. G.; Roth, Klaus; Chemjobber, C. J. (4 April 2016). "Chemiefreie Haushaltsprodukte". Chemie in unserer Zeit. 50 (2): 144–145. doi:10.1002/ciuz.201600750.

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