Keys vs dendograms

[Mike Dallwitz]

                                                             29 October 1998

> From: Claude Godin <godinc at EM.AGR.CA>
> To: Mike Dallwitz <md at ento.csiro.au>

> To be more precise, what I'm looking for with the use of dendogram
> computer programs is a way to obtain a key (automatically) from a bunch
> of characters.

Our program, Key, does this. It is part of the DELTA package available at
http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/. You can see examples of the program's
output by following the link 'Overview of the DELTA system'.

You will find Intkey much better for actual identification, although printed
keys are often still required as a formality for publication. However, both
kinds of key can be generated from the same data.

Mike Dallwitz

CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia
Email: md at ento.csiro.au. Phone: +61 2 6246 4075. Fax: +61 2 6246 4000