Some Considerations on the Establishment of an Essential Database in iFlora

doi:10.7677/ynzwyj201313166

Abstract

Abstract:

Because of the complexity of plant diversity, we cannot guarantee the accuracy of an iFlora if there is no proper understanding of methods of species identification and classification. The existence of a large number of “difficult” and controversial species, as well as taxonomic variation within species, will further add problems to the construction of such a flora. In this paper, we consider DNA barcoding information and morphological classification with reference to our recent studies of Dioscorea L.(Dioscoreaceae), Polygonum multiflorum Thuna. (Polygonum), Prunella L.(Lamiaceae). We point out that for widely distributed species in these groups we might often ignore continuous variation that links what might be described as different species, but which are better considered as divergent populations of the same species. In such cases, variation in DNA barcodes could exist between populations of one species, which might cause confusion in species identification in an iFlora.

Key words: iFlora, Essential database, Species limitation, DNA barcodes, Variation range

CLC Number:

Q 948.2

HANG Yue-Yu, SUN Xiao-Qin, LI Mi-Mi. Some Considerations on the Establishment of an Essential Database in iFlora[J]. Plant Diversity, 2013, 35(6): 701-705.

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