18345
Reporter: feedback bot
Type: Feedback
Summary: Wrong Fuzzy match for Selaginella speciosa
Priority: Unassessed
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2016-03-25 19:16:05.017
Updated: 2016-04-05 11:08:49.353
Resolved: 2016-04-04 11:49:10.018
Description: Please disable fuzzy matches for Selaginella spinosa. All your database links end up at Selaginella speciosa, which is a completely(!) different thing.
Take a look at this:
http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1097635676
And then follow the link to the herbarium:
http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/vh/specimen_details.php?irn=2437066
Because S.spinosa is a synonym, all the S.spinosa entries end up S.selaginoides. That is very wrong.
Your page is leaving the impression this has been identified by I. A. Valdespino. If somebofy pays no attention to the very small and misunderstandable "fuzzy match" at the top of the page one would believe Valdespino would have identified S.speciosa as S.spinosa. A very funny thought. He is the master of Selaginella.]]>
Author: andz" rolelevel="10000
Comment: Please remove my EMail Adress and my last name. I did not know it is displyed publicly.
Created: 2016-03-25 19:29:04.054
Updated: 2016-03-25 19:29:04.054
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2016-04-04 11:48:00.484
Updated: 2016-04-04 11:48:22.025
The new nub contains Selaginella speciosa so there wont be any fuzzy match anymore:
http://api.gbif-uat.org/v1/species/match?phylum=&order=&kingdom=Plantae&family=&name=Selaginella%20speciosa
Author: andz
Created: 2016-04-04 19:22:34.14
Updated: 2016-04-04 19:23:56.825
Thank you very much.
How long will the database need to update itself?
http://www.gbif.org/species/2688197
Everything in South America is a fuzzy mismatch of S.spinosa.
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: I am afraid it will take some time before this change gets live, but it is planned for April still
Created: 2016-04-05 11:08:49.353
Updated: 2016-04-05 11:08:49.353