Biodiversity Information Science and Standards :
Conference Abstract
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Corresponding author: Emma Wrankmore (e.wrankmore@kew.org)
Received: 08 Aug 2022 | Published: 23 Aug 2022
© 2022 Emma Wrankmore, Jonathan Krieger, Rafaël Govaerts, Helen Hartley
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Citation:
Wrankmore E, Krieger J, Govaerts R, Hartley H (2022) Demonstration of the New IPNI (International Plant Names Index) Registration System. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 6: e91371. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.91371
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Registration systems have long been in place for names of plant cultivars, fungi, prokaryotes and animals, and more recently for algae (
The new registration system will allow resources to be used more efficiently and give scientists more control over how and when the names they publish are entered into IPNI and made available for users worldwide. Without registration, indexers must manually check scientific publications from around the world (both hard copy and online) to find newly published names. Registration will release time for indexers to spend on improving data quality, resolving nomenclatural issues, adding missing names, and ensuring IPNI complies with existing and future data standards. The current project is working to ensure that the registration system has a wide uptake to maximise these benefits.
data standards, nomenclature, vascular plant names
Emma Wrankmore, Jonathan Krieger
TDWG 2022