Community Curation of Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Information in the Context of the Collection Management System JACQ

• DOI: 10.3897/biss.7.112571
• Publication Date: 2023-09-12T07:30:20Z
• Authors: Heimo Rainer; Andreas Berger; Tanja Schuster; Johannes Walter; Dieter Reich; Kurt Zernig; Jiří Danihelka; Hana Galušková; Patrik Mráz; Natalia Tkach; Jörn Hentschel; Jochen Müller; Sarah Wagner; Walter Berendsohn; Robert Lücking; Robert Vogt; Lia Pignotti; Francesco Roma-Ma...; Lorenzo Peruzzi
• Keywords: Herbarium; Flora

Nomenclatural and taxonomic information are crucial for curating botanical collections. In the course of changing methods systematic studies, classification systems changed considerably over time (Dalla Torre Harms 1900, Durand Bentham 1888, Endlicher 1836, Angiosperm Phylogeny Group et al. 2016). Various approaches to store preserved material have been implemented, most them based on scientific names (e.g., families, genera, species) often in combination with other criteria such as geographic provenance or collectors. The collection management system, JACQ, was established early 2000s then developed support multiple institutions. It features a centralised data storage (with mirror sites) access via Internet. Participating collections can download their at any comma-separated values (CSV) format. From beginning, JACQ conceived collaboration platform objects housed collections, i.e., plant, fungal algal groups. For these groups, various sources reference exist, nowadays online resources preferred, e.g., Catalogue Life, AlgaeBase, Index Fungorum, Mycobank, Tropicos, Plants World Online, International Plant Names (IPNI), Flora Euro+Med, Anthos, Northamerica, REFLORA, China, Cuba, Australian Virtual Herbarium (AVH). Implementation (re)use PIDs Persistent identifiers (PIDs) (at rank) apart from taxa, essential allow reliable referencing across institutions thematic research networks (Agosti 2022). this purpose we integrated several above mentioned populate used inside those external PIDs. example, Salix rosmarinifolia is accepted Online while Euro+Med Plantbase considers it synonym repens subsp. rosmarinifolia. Either one be an identification specimen database. Retrieval One strong use case curation historic On basis outdated taxon concepts that were applied history, "old" synonyms omnipresent historical order retrieve all given taxon, necessary know relevant names. Future outlook capability Linked Data IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) technology, serve elements integration decentralized reuse (global) backbones (Gamer Kreyenbühl 2022, Hyam Loh 2017).