18645
Reporter: mdoering
Assignee: mdoering
Type: NewFeature
Summary: Create nub synonyms for ex author names
Priority: Major
Resolution: Fixed
Status: Closed
Created: 2016-07-15 16:47:37.647
Updated: 2016-07-20 13:21:07.034
Resolved: 2016-07-20 13:21:06.956
Description: Occurrences sometimes use the wrong ex author of a name. For name matching and clarity it would make sense to create explicit synonyms for those authorships.
For example for the name "Vernonia retusa Sch.Bip. ex H.Rob." we would also create "Vernonia retusa Sch. Bip." in our backbone being a homotypic synonym of the former.
It would also allow us to make use of the kingdom classification to understand the order of ex authors correctly. Botanical names put the later, accepted author last, while zoologist do it usually the other way around.
See 46.5 in botanical code:
http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art46
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author_citation_%28botany%29#Usage_of_the_term_.22ex.22]]>
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Created: 2016-07-15 16:56:02.641
Updated: 2016-07-15 16:56:02.641
The backbone currently contains over 100.000 ex author names, distributed by kingdom:
Plants: 106816
Animals: 72
Bacteria 908
Chromista 859
incertae sedis 65
Fungi 5297
Protozoa 176
This is a VERY large majority of plant names and even the few fungi, bacteria and chromista names might follow the botanical code.
The zoological way of ordering ex authors differently does not seem to be used
Author: rdmpage
Comment: Just for completeness, the name "_Vernonia retusa_ Sch.Bip. ex H.Rob." was published here:http://biostor.org/reference/177751 It's based on a photograph of a specimen that has since been lost, apparently. The photo is associated with the GBIF record http://www.gbif-uat.org/occurrence/1228266017 Looks like this a nomen nudum, and because of the "ex" matching issue ends up being linked to the otherr _Vernonia retusa_.
Created: 2016-07-15 18:19:35.466
Updated: 2016-07-15 18:19:35.466
Author: mdoering@gbif.org
Comment: Implemented in https://github.com/gbif/checklistbank/commit/d124324e55c7a6f72c9deaa72eafc49d6cdbd9a5 which creates homotypic synonyms for species and infraspecies based on the ex author in case they do not exist already
Created: 2016-07-20 13:21:07.024
Updated: 2016-07-20 13:21:07.024