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

"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] yet factual[2] scientific paper by American botanist Reid Moran of the San Diego Natural History Museum.[3]

Contents

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

Bookended by its lengthy title, containing all of Moran's key points, and its copious acknowledgements,[5] the text of the article body, in full, is:[5][4]

I got it there then (8068).

comprising just five words, the parenthetical reference number of the specimen collected, and a period.[5]

Moran's closing acknowledgement "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"[4] was also used by biologist George Yatskievych, duly cited, in 1982.[6]

Publishing

It was published in 1962 in volume 16, page 272, of the California Botanical Society's journal Madroño.[5][4] The entire paper was republished under the heading "Reprinted Classic Madroño Articles" in Madroño, volume 60, p. 359 in 2013,[7] the California Botanical Society's centennial year.[8]

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

For all its brevity, the paper is not the shortest ever published as, for example, John H. Conway and Alexander Soifer's 2003 paper "Can n2+ 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side > n, say n + ε?" is shorter, having just two words, albeit with two figures.[9]

References
  1. Samyn, Yves. "How to write a taxonomic paper". studylib.net. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. Pincelli, Renato (23 May 2013). "Em Síntese…". hypercubic (in Portuguese). Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  3. "Dr. Reid Venable Moran". The San Diego Union-Tribune. February 2010.
  4. 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. California Botanical Society. 16 (8): 272.
  5. Jackson, Morgan D. (10 July 2013). ""I got it there then" – Reid Moran, 1962". 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. California Botanical Society. 60 (4): 359. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.4.359.
  8. Parker, V. Thomas (2013). "President's report for volume 60". Madroño. California Botanical Society. 60 (4): 360–361. doi:10.3120/0024-9637-60.4.360.
  9. Washietl, Stefan (17 June 2016). "The Shortest Papers Ever Published". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
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