Experience and Strategy of Biodiversity Data Integration in Taiwan

Shao, Kwang‐Tsao; Lai, Kaitao; Lin, Yu‐Te; Chen, L S; Li, H Y; Hsu, Cheng-Hsin; Lee, H; Hsu, Hui‐Yin; Rai, G S

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“…TaiBIF (Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility; http://taibif.tw/ ) is the national portal website that integrates Taiwan’s biodiversity information (Shao et al 2013 ) through TaiCOL (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan; http://col.taibif.tw/ ), TaiEOL (Taiwan Encyclopedia of Life; http://eol.taibif.tw/ ), TaiBOL (Cryobanking Program for Wildlife Genetic Material in Taiwan; http://cryobank.museum.biodiv.tw/ ), and TELDAP (Taiwan e-Learning and Digital Archives Programs; http://core.teldap.tw/ ). As an associate participant of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility; http://www.gbif.org/ ), TaiBIF also functions as a national node of GBIF (Shao et al 2013 ). The initiation of TaiBIF started in 2003 with the establishment of TaiBNET (Taiwan Biodiversity National Information Network; http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw ), providing “Taiwan species checklist” and the list of local taxonomic experts (Shao et al 2013 ).…”

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“…As an associate participant of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility; http://www.gbif.org/ ), TaiBIF also functions as a national node of GBIF (Shao et al 2013 ). The initiation of TaiBIF started in 2003 with the establishment of TaiBNET (Taiwan Biodiversity National Information Network; http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw ), providing “Taiwan species checklist” and the list of local taxonomic experts (Shao et al 2013 ). Currently in TaiCOL, the successor of TaiBNET, the flowering plants are arranged according to Cronquist ( 1968 )’s System of Classification (Shao et al 2008 ), replacing A. Engler’s Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien that was adopted in the Flora of Taiwan (FOT), 2nd edition (Huang 1994 ).…”

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Phylogenetic Classification of Seed Plants of Taiwan

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Chung

2017

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BackgroundBiological classification, the hierarchical arrangement of scientific names of organisms, constitutes the core infrastructure of biological databases. For an efficient management of biological databases, adopting a stable and universal biological classification system is crucial. Currently in Taiwan Biodiversity Information Facility (TaiBIF; http://taibif.tw/), the national portal website that integrates Taiwan’s biodiversity information databases, angiosperms are arranged according to Cronquist’s System of Classification, which is not compatible with current trend of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) classification. To consolidate the function and management of the database, TaiBIF is moving to adopt the APG IV classification and Christenhusz et al. (Phytotaxa 19:55–70, 2011)’s classification of gymnosperms, which we summarize as the Phylogenetic Classification of Seed Plants of Taiwan.ResultsThe Phylogenetic Classification of Seed Plants of Taiwan places gymnosperms in five families [vs. eight families in the Flora of Taiwan (FOT)] and angiosperms in 210 families (vs. 193 families in FOT). Three FOT gymnosperm families are synonymized in current treatment. Of the 210 APG IV families, familial circumscriptions of 114 families are identical with FOT and 50 families are recircumscription of FOT, with 46 families newly added. Of the 29 FOT families not included in current classification, two families are excluded and 27 families are synonymized.ConclusionsThe adoption of the Phylogenetic Classification of Seed Plants of Taiwan in TaiBIF will provide better service and efficient management of the nation’s biodiversity information databases.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s40529-017-0206-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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