Parse and store defined manuscript names

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An unpublished name that was given a temporary placeholder name to work with. Sometimes these names do not get properly published for decades and can be cited in other works. Example: Genoplesium vernalis D.L. Jones ms.

Often abbreviated as ined. (ineditus) and sometimes called chironym/cheironym.

In the 1980s in Australia, botanists agreed on a formula (Croft 1989, Conn 2000) for use with unpublished names to avoid the confusion that was arising through the use of such things as “Verticordia sp.1”, “Verticordia sp.2” etc. There was no guarantee that what was called “sp.1” in one institution was identical to “sp.1” in a second.

The agreed formula is in the form of: Genus sp. ()

Examples: Prostanthera sp. Somersbey (B.J.Conn 4024) Elseya sp. nov. (AMS – R140984)

Some zoologists use a similar convention, but it is not done so universally.

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Hexaconthium hostile forma A Cortese & Bjørklund 1998

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we do not parse structured manuscript names with specimens cited. But ined. and similar notes are parsed and the manuscript flag is populated.