2. Grassbase: the first botanical agglomerate database behemoth? Strengths : coherent classification system complete and up to date Weaknesses : divided stakeholder community dated software poor web functionality limited usefulness for identification no plan for data exploitation CATE Araceae 2,000 descriptions Solanaceae Source 1,000 descriptions Grassbase 11,161 descriptions area of boxes proportional to number of descriptions included
3. Grass genera are defined by the variability in spikelet and floret composition pooid spikelet similar to Bromus (Holcus) panicoid spikelet common in tropical grasses (Panicum) glume 2 lower lemma glume 1 upper palea upper lemma lower palea
4. FAO 2009: global consumption of 10 major vegetal foods (2003-2005)
5. Grass taxonomy at Kew Otto Stapf: Flora of Tropical Africa. 1934. Charles Hubbard: Grasses (of Britain). 1954. C.R. Metcalfe: Anatomy of the Monocotyledons: Gramineae. 1960. N.L. Bor: The Grasses of India. 1960. Derek Clayton: Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1970. Flora of West Tropical Africa. 1972. Genera Graminum. 1986. World Grass Flora: “The Kew View” 1985 onwards.
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7. 1985 Lazarides, Clayton & Palmer World Grass Species 600 characters 2011 Grassbase GrassWorld 1017 characters 1977 Clifford & Watson Australian Grass Genera 332 characters Evolutionary reconstruction of DELTA grass datasets 1992 Watson & Dallwitz Grass Genera of the World Australian National University morphological data Clayton Genera Graminum dataset 25 years full time data entry
8. NAMES species + infra 63,000 NAMES generic 2,000 DESCRIPTIONS species DESCRIPTIONS genera INTKEY species INTKEY genera ACCEPTED SPECIES 11,000 ACCEPTED GENERA 700
12. NAMES species + infra 63,000 NAMES generic 2,000 DESCRIPTIONS species DESCRIPTIONS genera INTKEY species INTKEY genera ACCEPTED SPECIES 11,000 ACCEPTED GENERA 700
13. NAMES species + infra 63,000 NAMES generic 2,000 DESCRIPTIONS species DESCRIPTIONS genera INTKEY species INTKEY genera ACCEPTED SPECIES 11,000 ACCEPTED GENERA 700 TRIBES TYPES species + infra AREAS TDWG countries
14. NAMES species + infra 63,000 NAMES generic 2,000 DESCRIPTIONS species DESCRIPTIONS genera INTKEY species INTKEY genera ACCEPTED SPECIES 11,000 ACCEPTED GENERA 700 programs to check coding and tidy descriptions programs for renaming files programs to output natural language and INTKEY files ca. 50 permanent and temporary queries buttons to output species and generic lists code to check data presence and spelling within and between tables simplified version for website generated with one button special program for putting name lists into two columns!
15. NAMES species + infra 63,000 NAMES generic 2,000 DESCRIPTIONS species DESCRIPTIONS genera INTKEY species INTKEY genera ACCEPTED SPECIES 11,000 ACCEPTED GENERA 700 TRIBES TYPES species + infra AREAS TDWG countries IPNI updates for newly described names only coding from literature holding files for new items custom set of programs to sync Access and DELTA multi-stage import procedure via a series of tables macros for different data type imports
18. Protolgue = 28 characters Items file = 87 characters Grassbase: coding a new species Program “Check” confirms internal consistency of data
19. Protolgue = 28 characters Items file = 87 characters Grassbase: coding a new species
20. Recent changes in grass names affect common species Bromus sterilis Anisantha sterilis
21. “ Panicum” as used by Grassbase includes numerous evolutionary lineages with simple panicoid spikelets
22. widening gap between morphological and phylogenetic: ca. 15% in species and generic names Grassbase: The Kew View, an authoritative system with morphologically defined genera Grass Phylogeny Working Group, GrassWorld, and others: multiple research groups in USA and Australia
