Main collectors of Mexico's vascular plants: a catalogue built from online databases
Por:
Murguia-Romero, Miguel, Ortiz, Enrique, Serrano-Estrada, Bernardo, Luis Villasenor, Jose
Publicada:
1 may 2022
Resumen:
Databases of biological collections contain fundamental information for
the study of biodiversity, hence the importance of their quality, which
includes the data on collectors. For this purpose, a list of the main
vascular plant collectors in Mexico was constructed to improve the
quality of this information. A total of 3.7 million records of vascular
plant specimens collected in Mexico were analyzed from the National
System of Biodiversity Information (Sistema Nacional de Informaci??n
sobre Biodiversidad; SNIB) of the Mexican National Commission for the
Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity (Comisi??n Nacional para el
Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad de M??xico; Conabio) and the
database of the National Herbarium of Mexico (Herbario Nacional de
M??xico; MEXU) of the Institute of Biology at the National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM). A ???main collector??? was considered
anyone with 500 or more unique collection numbers in the database. A
total of 610 main collectors were identified, who together contributed
83% of the records of vascular plants collected in Mexico, and a
standardized list of their names is presented. The list of names of main
collectors of vascular plants in Mexico is a useful tool for the
cleaning and extraction of information from biodiversity databases.
Filiaciones:
Murguia-Romero, Miguel:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Circuito Exterior S-N,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico
Ortiz, Enrique:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Circuito Exterior S-N,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico
Serrano-Estrada, Bernardo:
SERES Sistemas Especializados, Membrillos Mz 120 Lt 38 Col Ojo Agua, Tecamac 55770, Estado De Mexic, Mexico
Luis Villasenor, Jose:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Dept Bot, Circuito Exterior S-N,Ciudad Univ, Ciudad De Mexico 04510, Mexico
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