Euro+Med database
The EuroSL contains a flat version of the Euro+Med database https://europlusmed.org, derived through the EDIT platform web services (http://api.cybertaxonomy.org/euromed/doc).
- The Euro+Med database was created in 2019 based on a so called “Berlin model” database, development over many years by a pan-european network (https://europlusmed.org/node/129)
- the dataset is continuously updated (https://europlusmed.org/node/204)
- it contains one Classification, i.e. the Euro+Med classification
- The excerpt presented here contains only published taxa and a restricted set of attributes within a flat table format.
- Synonyms are displayed as separate lines and connected to accepted taxa through column TaxonConceptID
Synonyms are in general taxonomic (i.e. name) synonyms, but are handled as concept synonyms.
(i.e. taxon extent). Pro parte synonyms are exceptions.
- Taxonomic hierarchy (parents from grex to the kingdom Plantae) is given in column IsChildTaxonOfID, which refers to parent taxa id’s in TaxonUsageID and TaxonConceptID.
Checklist of European bryophytes
EuroSL contains the list of liverworths and mosses from Hodgetts, N. G., Söderström, L., Blockeel, T. L., Caspari, S., Ignatov, M. S., Konstantinova, N. A., Lockhart, N., Papp, B., Schröck, C., Sim-Sim, M., Bell, D., Bell, N. E., Blom, H. H., Bruggeman-Nannenga, M. A., Brugués, M., Enroth, J., Flatberg, K. I., Garilleti, R., Hedenäs, L., … Porley, R. D. (2020). An annotated checklist of bryophytes of Europe, Macaronesia and Cyprus. Journal of Bryology, 42(1), 1–116. https://doi.org/10/gg8hjt
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Additional aggregates
Aggregates are essential to cover taxon observations in the field which can not be determined to the species level as it frequently happens in vegetation science, as well as to map different taxonomic concepts covered by a name. “Festuca ovina L.” once had a much broader concept than it is used today and therefore what was called “Festuca ovina L.” once should now be called “Festuca ovina agg.” and includes many more small but separated species like Festuca guestfalica and others.
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Autonyms
For the transfer of species attributes and traits it is often important to count the number of subspecies occuring in a specific region. This is only possible if the taxonomic reference list is complete regarding autonyms. EuroSL contains approx. 140 autonyms beyond those which are already part of the primary sources.