Index Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium Update

[Hugh Wilson]

Thanks to Jim Reveal, IAPT, and others involved with putting this
info on-line.  This 'foundation' material is of critical importance,
especially for those working on digital expression of plant diversity
data within a structured taxonomy.

Current 'tradition' of non-italized plant family names is deeply
embedded.  Any opinions regarding change for this?

On 15 Nov 98 at 19:49, jr19 <James_L_REVEAL at UMAIL.UMD.EDU> wrote:

> Date:          Sun, 15 Nov 1998 19:49:00 EST
> Reply-to:      jr19 <James_L_REVEAL at UMAIL.UMD.EDU>
> From:          jr19 <James_L_REVEAL at UMAIL.UMD.EDU>
> Subject:       Index Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium Update
> To:            Multiple recipients of list TAXACOM

> Index Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium Update
>
> A new version of the dynamic database on suprageneric names for vascular
> plants is now available at
> http://matrix.nal.usda.gov:8080/star/supragenericname.html and will be
> updated frequently insofar as I have time to work on the information. The
> Index Nominum Supragenericorum Plantarum Vascularium Project is supported by
> the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and the Norton-Brown
> Herbarium of the University of Maryland. The data are preliminary. The
> database is being constantly changed so that any name listed is only the
> earliest valid and legitimate name found to date. Names at and above the
> rank of family (except suborder) are up-to-date, but names at the rank of
> suborder and those below the rank of family are incomplete with only names
> proposed prior to 1893 listed to date.
>
> Additional information on vascular plant families is available. A
> concordance of flowering plant family names is also available. The data in
> this dynamic database generally are more up-to-date that those found in the
> list of names arranged by genus or the list of names arranged by family.
> Information of Cronquist, Takhtajan and Thorne's systems of classification
> are available through Flowering Plant Gateway.
>
> See:
> IAPT: http://www.bgbm.fu-berlin.de/iapt/default.htm
> Botany at Maryland: http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/.WWW/firstpge.html
> Vascular plant nomenclature: http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/fam/revfam.html
> Concordance of family names:
> http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/usda/usdaindex.html
> Suprageneric names by
> Genus: http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/fam/inspvindex.html
> Family: http://www.inform.umd.edu/PBIO/fam/sgindex.html
> Flowering Plant Gateway: http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/newgate/cronang.htm
>
> As of 12 Nov 1998 there were just over 6000 suprageneric names available. It
> is expected that progress will slow during the Spring 1999 semester, but
> hopefully resume during the summer months.
>
> James L. Reveal (MARY)
>

Hugh D. Wilson
Texas A&M University - Biology
h-wilson at tamu.edu (409-845-3354)
http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/FLORA/Wilson/homepage.html