An expert curated global legume checklist improves the accuracy of occurrence, biodiversity and taxonomic data.

ABSTRACT: The Legume Phylogeny Working Group's Taxonomy Working Group was tasked to create a community endorsed global legume checklist that will serve as a primary source of taxa for biodiversity data platforms and legume-related research. The checklist was published in June 2021, recognising 772 genera and 22,360 species. It is disseminated through the new Legume Data Portal as part of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) hosted portal initiative. The process that was followed to publish and disseminate the checklist and its content is described here. The impact of the work by the Taxonomy Working Group are quantified by comparing the published checklist with the GBIF taxonomic backbone. A total of 44,157 names overlapped with the GBIF taxonomic backbone while 30,456 names were adde

SUBMITTER: le Roux MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672059 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature