THE ONLiNE FLORA OF MEXiCO: EFLORAMEX
Por:
Sosa, Victoria, Alvarado-Cardenas, Leonardo O., de Stefano, Rodrigo Duno, Gonzalez-gallegos, Jesus G., Hernandez-Sandoval, Luis, Jimenez-Rosenberg, Raul, Ochoterena, Helga, Rodriguez, Aaron, Vibrans, Heike, Angulo, Diego F.
Publicada:
1 abr 2023
Ahead of Print:
1 ene 2023
Categoría:
Plant science
Resumen:
Background: Mexico is a megadiverse country with an elevated diversity
of species of vascular plants. A comprehensive Flora that includes all
of the vascular plants distributed in Mexico does not yet exist.
Electronic Floras have demonstrated the value of a compendium based on
existing knowledge and published Floras, checklists and
revisions.Questions: What is the best approach for publishing the Flora
of Mexico? What resources are needed to create this Flora? What is the
current status of these resources?Objective: The objective of this paper
is to summarize and evaluate the taxonomic and digital resources and the
bioinformatic tools needed to develop an online Flora for the vascular
plants of Mexico, as well as to discuss its content.Results and
Conclusions: An online flora using the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy
is proposed, with the collaboration of Mexican and international
researchers. It will be based on approximately 5.3 million specimens
deposited in Mexican herbaria, with an inter-operational portal to other
biodiversity platforms. The name assigned to this online flora is
``eFloraMEX''. As a starting point, the taxonomic backbone, the
checklist for the Mexican vascular plants including approximately 29,000
species, was published in a portal (efloramex.ib.unam.mx) to be re-vised
and updated by specialists. A council of taxonomists and computer
experts will lead the eFloraMEX project on two fronts: taxonomic and
digital resources. The main challenges to completing this Flora are
building the team, training taxonomists, digitizing the specimens for
most of Mexican herbaria and obtaining the required long-term funding.
Filiaciones:
Sosa, Victoria:
Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología A. C., Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico
Inst Ecol AC, Biol Evolut, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Alvarado-Cardenas, Leonardo O.:
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
de Stefano, Rodrigo Duno:
Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
Inst Ecol AC, Biol Evolut, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Ctr Invest Cient Yucatan, Merida, Mexico
Gonzalez-gallegos, Jesus G.:
CONACYT, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional-Durango, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Durango, Durango, Mexico
Inst Politecn Nacl, Catedras CONACYT, Ctr Interdisciplinario Invest Desarrollo Integral, Durango, Durango, Mexico
Hernandez-Sandoval, Luis:
Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
Univ Autonoma Queretaro, Fac Ciencias Nat, Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
Jimenez-Rosenberg, Raul:
Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Mexico City, Mexico
Comis Nacl Conocimiento & Uso Biodiversidad, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Ochoterena, Helga:
Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
Rodriguez, Aaron:
Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Nextipac, Mexico
Univ Guadalajara, Ctr Univ Ciencias Biol & Agr, Nextipac, Jalisco, Mexico
Vibrans, Heike:
Botánica, Colegio de Postgraduados, Estado de México, Montecillos, Mexico
Colegio Postgrad, Posgrad Bot, Montecillos, Estado De Mexic, Mexico
Angulo, Diego F.:
Biología Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecología A. C., Veracruz, Xalapa, Mexico
Inst Ecol AC, Biol Evolut, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
gold, All Open Access; Gold
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