The challenge of identifying species-rich taxa: Online multi-access key to Bornean <i>Cyrtandra</i> (Gesneriaceae).

ABSTRACT: Conservation and research of highly diverse plant taxa can be a considerable challenge due to unmanageable numbers of species with potentially complex relationships often resulting in difficulties in species identification. Cyrtandra, the largest genus of the family Gesneriaceae, exemplifies these challenges. The lack of identification resources for the ca. 170 species of Bornean Cyrtandra has left many specimens unidentified, slowing down the research efforts in the area. This project addresses this by constructing the first taxonomic key to all Bornean Cyrtandra and by describing the workflow of creating identification resources for highly diverse taxa, using the online biodiversity data management platform Xper3 (https://app.xper3.fr/). The key is now published and

SUBMITTER: Tyyska H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11915011 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature