Data & All Categories
DEEMY Tue, 11/10/2009 - 10:09An Information System for Characterization and DEtermination of EctoMYcorrhizae
The goal is
• to offer a online database system for multiple usage and therewith dissemination of expert knowledge especially by providing public access to database generated identification keys, natural language descriptions and illustrations of ectomycorrhizae
• to promote common standards on descriptive data connected with taxonomic names of ectomycorrhizae to facilitate interoperability and data exchange
GIS data downloads Mon, 11/24/2008 - 13:28Download of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) data layers.Free GIS layers from different sources, in Idrisi and Shape formats, etc. to make easy download and use of this information.Some GIS layers are still under construction, and the web page with links to the information is provisional.IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae Tue, 11/10/2009 - 08:48
"IndExs - Index of Exsiccatae" is a bibliography of exsiccatal series. With more than 2050 data entries it is nearly complete. "IndExs" comprises information on titles, abbreviations and bibliography of exsiccatae. Exsiccatae are defined here as "published, uniform, numbered sets of preserved specimens distributed with printed labels" (Pfister 1985). The single search result gives you all bibliographically important information on the series: the editor(s), title in its bibliographical correct form, standardized abbreviation of the series as to cite in specimen lists of scientific papers or to add in your collection management system, the place of publication and the group(s) of organisms distributed. Additionally, the first and last number of the series as well as the corresponding year of the first and last issue are mentioned. Where preceding and / or superseding series do exist this information is linked. Images of single examplary labels are included for 60% of the series. They are taken from material located in more than 20 public herbaria worldwide.
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) Thu, 01/17/2008 - 17:35The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of all seed plants, ferns and fern allies. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names. The data are freely available and are gradually being standardized and checked. IPNI will be a dynamic resource, depending on direct contributions by all members of the botanical community.
IPNI is the product of a collaboration between The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium
LIAS – A Global Information System for Lichenized and Non-Lichenized Ascomycetes Tue, 11/10/2009 - 10:04LIAS is a multi-authored information system for the collection and distribution of descriptive and other biodiversity data on lichens and non-lichenized ascomycetes. The goal is
* to provide a working space for cooperation and collaboration of experts on ascomycetes in the Internet
* to establish a multi-authored worldwide database on descriptive data of all ascomycetes
* to design user-friendly web tools for an easier access and remote editing of database records via Internet
* to offer a online database system for multiple usage and therewith dissemination of expert knowledge especially by providing public access to database generated identification keys and natural language description of ascomycetes
* to promote the gathering, furnishing and administration of data by experts in a standard database system which allows an information deposit for individual use only (e. g. for revision) and – after agreement – the public access to the data via Internet
* to promote common standards on descriptive data connected with taxonomic names of ascomycetes to facilitate interoperability and data exchange
The vision of LIAS is to establish a non-commercial global information system of advanced technology where published biodiversity data of all ascomycetes are joint in a multi-authored database and used for the most sophisticated queries.Melastomataceae.Net Tue, 11/10/2009 - 10:10
Melastomataceae occur in all tropical biomes, are abundant, ecologically important, and comprise many horticulturally important species. The family comprises an estimated 3,000 "good" species in the Neotropics, 240 in Africa, 230 on Madagascar, and about 1,000 in Asia. One genus, Rhexia, is endemic in North America. The sister clade of Melastomataceae, Memecylaceae, comprises 500 species, most of them in the paleotropics. The site Melastomataceae.Net will present information on the biodiversity of these two families by providing a portal to open-access databases, starting with MEL names. MEL names is a service for accessing the ca. 13,278 names of Melastomataceae and Memecylaceae with information on recognized species, synonymous names, and literature; MEL occurrence will deliver data on distribution of species and genera. The project was funded by a ECAT seed money award given by GBIF International 2005. The IT infrastructure is based on that developed for LIAS with the underlying database application DiversityTaxonNames as part of the Diversity Workbench framework.
Species ID Wed, 04/14/2010 - 16:09Species-ID is dedicated to species descriptions and identification keys. It supports projects creating keys as well as projects creating species identification software.
SYNTHESYS NAD: Providing itinerary related datasets and tools (for integration, visualisation and quality check) Fri, 10/19/2007 - 09:30The funtion of this service is to detect itinerary patterns in georeferenced primary data presumably collected during a collecting event.
TDWG World Geographical Scheme - GIS Shapefiles v2.0 Fri, 05/25/2007 - 11:14TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions
The International Taxonomic Database Working Group's world geographical scheme for recording plant distributions can be downloaded from this website as ArcView shape files for use in GIS. This is the first release of these dataset so there may be some errors. Please send any corrections to J.Moat@rbgkew.org.uk. Please see the metadata for more information on these datasets (contained with the zip file metadata.xml and metadata.txt). Also please read the disclaimer and copyright before downloading this data.
TROPICOS Thu, 01/17/2008 - 17:37W3TROPICOS provides new and improved access to the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST nomenclatural database and associated authority files. In this release (rev. 1.5), the following information is provided when present (* indicates a hypertext link to additional information about a name or reference):
- 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
UBio NameBank Thu, 01/17/2008 - 17:40NameBank is a registry for all recorded taxon names.
NameBank is a biological name server. It stores and serves NameBankIDs via Life Science Identifiers, a persistent and distinct identifier. Each NameBank LSID returns a NameBank object which contains information about the NameBank record.It stores and qualifies recorded taxon names, providing an index for all name-annotated content. NameBank serves as a foundational layer for a name-based informatics infrastructure.
The basic unit of NameBank is the NameBank record which is referenced by a unique and persistentNameBankID. NameBank records are like index cards, recording basic metadata about specific distinct name string concepts. NameBank records form reconcilation groups based on objectively derived inter-relationships.
ZooBank Thu, 01/17/2008 - 17:41The scientific names of animal species are crucial to effective global communication about biodiversity, and hence its use and conservation. Without broad agreement on the name of a disease-bearing microbe, vital food species, or threatened animal, we can't even begin to combat, exploit or conserve them. So, in scientific language, humans are Homo sapiens and honeybees are Apis mellifera; and this is true all over the world.
The universal acceptance and adoption of a system for naming animals is an incredible achievement for mankind, and started in 1758 with the publication of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae by the Swedish biologist Carolus Linnaeus. Exactly 250 years after the very day that the ICZN Code fixes the official start of scientific zoological nomenclature (January 1, 1758), the ZooBank Registration website was officially launched.
The ZooBank Registry is still very-much a work in progress, and will likely remain so over the course of 2008-2009. The development process is intentionally gradual, to allow the creation of a solid foundation with input and support from as much of the active zoological taxonomy community as possible. Several documents outlining various aspects of the history and development of ZooBank are available here.
The ICZN is especially grateful to Thomson Scientific, owners of the Zoological Record, for their help and assistance in creating an early version of ZooBank based on the Index to Organism Names. As ZooBank continues to grow during its early development period, you may wish to link to the current version of the Index to Organism Names - a much more comprehensive listing of zoological nomenclature, cross-linked to relevant literature. ICZN looks forward to a long and mutually advantageous relationship with Thomson Scientific.
