[Taxacom] plant genus question

[Tony Rees]

On 23 November 2017 at 05:31, Dennis During <dcduring at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​I sure would like that fuzzy-search-over-multiple-databases capability
> for​ other kingdoms.  Any suggestions?
>

Hi Dennis,

2 suggestions:

- the Global Names Resolver http://resolver.globalnames.org/ , a service of
the Global Names Project, searches across multiple data sources including
animals, plants, fungi and more, e.g. try searching with "Homo sapient",
however its fuzzy matching seems a bit stricter than some other systems
(e.g. no match on "Ligslicum")

- my own "IRMNG" database http://www.irmng.org/ ,
http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=search which is similarly all-domain,
although more complete for genera than for species at this time (e.g. finds
a match for "Ligslicum" but not "Ligslicum scapiforme" at this time since
that particular species name is not held).

Both have their uses, and IRMNG does have a lot of species names (1.3
million valid names so worth a try), just not as many as some other systems.

Regards - Tony

Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
https://about.me/TonyRees


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