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In taxonomy/biology:

when giving the latin name of a species it is common to state in parentheses the initial of the person who named/identified it. for example if it was found by Carl Linnaeus then the name is followed by: (L.) This is called the authority.

e.g: the English Oak tree is written: Quercus robur [in italics] (L.)

SO, my question is this:

What does it mean if the latin name for a species, which gives Linnaeus as the authority, is followed by the word "Skeels" ?

e.g: Argania spinosa (L.) Skeels

BTW - how do you write italics on the internet/yahoo answers?

I'm 20, male and a virgin. I was wondering how many students between the ages of 18 and 21 are also virgins? It seems that most students my age have already lost their virginity but what does everyone think the proportions are (i.e. % of first year students who are virgins;% second year and so on)? Just wondering...

What's the answer to this question:

"How many letters are there in the answer to this question?"

The first correct answer gets the 10 points.

Are you supposed to be revising for exams, but just keep getting distracted by Yahoo Answers??? Or is that just me?......