High rate of species misidentification reduces the taxonomic certainty of European biodiversity databases of ivies (Hedera L.).

ABSTRACT: The digitization of natural history specimens and the popularization of citizen science are creating an unprecedented availability of large amounts of biodiversity data. These biodiversity inventories can be severely affected by species misidentification, a source of taxonomic uncertainty that is rarely acknowledged in biodiversity data management. For these reasons, taxonomists debate the use of online repositories to address biological questions at the species level. Hedera L. (ivies) provides an excellent case study as it is well represented in both herbaria and online repositories with thousands of records likely to be affected by high taxonomic uncertainty. We analyze the sources and extent of taxonomic errors in the identification of the European ivy species by reviewing herbarium sp

SUBMITTER: Coca-de-la-Iglesia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10902322 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature