TROPICOS

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TROPICOS

Summary

Type of tool

Database of plant names

Function

Taxonomy

Online / Desktop

Online

Computer infrastructure

Web browser

Development status

Revision 1.5

Time of use

Data preparation, at time of user request, post process

Licence

Non-commercial, not for publication, no uncontrolled subsets

TROPICOS, the world's largest database of plant information, contains fully web-searchable records for over 900,000 plant names and nearly 2 million specimens. Over 50,000 plant images are also linked to their records in TROPICOS.1

 

Description

W3TROPICOS provides new and improved access to the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database and associated authority files. The following information is provided when present: 2

Names data

  • Plant name and authors
  • Group and family placement
  • Place and date of publication
  • Type information
  • Basionym, with place and date of publication
  • Next Higher Taxon, with place and date of publication
  • Other uses of this name
  • Synonyms of this name, and References for the alternate usage
  • Homonyms and Infraspecific names for species

 

Reference

  • Author(s) of the publication
  • Date of publication
  • Title of the article
  • Journal or book title
  • Volume and page numbers
  • Keywords

 

Function

  • Data cleaning and manipulation
    • Data cleaning – spelling, misnaming
    • Data validating – taxonomy, geography
  • Taxonomy
    • Identification tools, keys
  • User interface
    • Personal use
    • Visual presentation

 

Why use this tool?

  • Correct plant name and synonym
  • Plant images

 

Who will use this tool?

  • Data creation
    • Experts - taxonomy
  • Data capture
    • Curators – specimens, identification
  • Data providers
    • Institutions
    • Private collections
    • Casual users
  • Data users
    • Expert
    • Interest groups
  • Scientific names only

 

How will the tool be used?

  • Online database of names
  • User input is required
  • Not a batch job

 

Where in the data chain could this tool be used?

  • Data source
  • User’s machine

 

When could this tool be used?

  • Before data is made available to ALA
  • At the time of a user request
  • As a post process, after data is with the user

 

Availability

 

Comments

  • May not be the most complete source for Australian plants.
  • No common names

 

 

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