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Source taxonomies that went into assembling GBIF

Jonathan A Rees edited this page Jun 10, 2014 · 1 revision

The Open Tree reference taxonomy incorporates the GBIF backbone taxonomy, which itself is an aggregate assembled from many sources. The sources are listed below, each with an example taxon, and in a few cases notes on the source's web presence.

Psocodea Species File       Syngonosoma
    http://psocodea.speciesfile.org/Common/editTaxon/SearchForTaxon.aspx
      -> POST -> URL does not have taxon name in it
International Plant Names Index     Picradenia pumila
    suppressed
Paleobiology Database       Eburnopsis aulacoessa
    http://paleodb.org/
      -> POST -> URL unchanged
Embioptera Species File     Oligembia scalpta
    same infrastructure as Psocodea
    http://embioptera.speciesfile.org/Common/editTaxon/SearchForTaxon.aspx
    wants a monomial
The Catalogue of Life, 3rd January 2011     Acritarcha
Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition    Galago zanzibaricus
    http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/
    Doesn't work
Invasive Alien Species in Belgium - HARMONIA database       Centrachidae
Aphid Species File  Acyrthosiphon cyparissiae huoense
The Clements Checklist      Phylloscopus orientalis
World Typhlocybinae database        Paraafrakra
Catalogue of Afrotropical Bees      Allodapes
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Ablabes decem-lineatus
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN)      Lomatium macrocarpum artemisianum
Phasmida Species File       Paraclitumnus
World Register of Marine Species    Hamohalacarus subterraneus
Fauna Europaea      Metreplecton macronyx
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System Prenanthes racemosa pinnatifida
IRMNG Homonym List  Callipterus
Blattodea Species File      Perasphaeria
Coleorrhyncha Species File  Eocercopis similis
Taiwanese IUCN species list Ficedula hyperythra innexa
IOC World Bird Names        Megalurulus rufus
Orthoptera Species File     Paracomacris
Plecoptera Species File     Kaptsheranga porrecta
Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera     Debilisiphon
True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region  Dacus angolanus
COA Wildlife Conservation List      Troides magellanus sonani
Belgian Species List        Oenanthe melanoleuca
NUB Generator [autonym]     Conyza bonariensis bonariensis
Index Fungorum      Chaudhuria
Dermaptera Species File     Mesoforficula sinkianensis
NUB Generator [implicit canonical]  Vernonia violaceopapposa
Mantodea Species File       Elaea gestroi
Afromoths, online datbase of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera)        Isauria dilucidella
Coreoidea Species File      Himellastella
Endemic species in Taiwan   Ameletus atratus
The National Checklist of Taiwan    Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides
GRIN Taxonomy for Plants    Rudbeckia laciniata gaspereauensis
Euro+Med Plantbase  Virgulus
ICTV Master Species List    Alphaflexiviridae