National Vegetation Information System

National Vegetation Information System Taxonomic Review

National Vegetation Information System
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2004

Contents

• Download the report as a PDF
• Acknowledgements
• Tables
• Figures
• Executive summary
• Recommendations summary
• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Methodology
• 3.0 Results
• 4.0 Discussion & recommendations
• 5.0 Conclusion
• 6.0 References
• Appendix A: Improving the comparability and consistency of native vegetation information across Australia
• Appendix B: NVIS database structure
• Appendix C: Family priorities
• Appendix D: NVIS synonymic (non_current) names
• Appendix E: Families assessed for author accuracy
• Appendix F: NVIS taxon_lists taxonomic review
• List of acronyms

Acknowledgements

The CPBR would like to thank the following people for their input and assistance in compiling this report:

• Brendan Lepschi, Jessie Szigethy–Gyula, Laurie Adams for assessing the NVIS database, making recommendations and assistance with the report compilation;
• Matt Bolton, Leo Berzins, Gaston Rozenbilds, from ERIN for providing report guidance and technical support;
• Rosemary Purdie and Simon Bennett for advice on SPRAT.

Tables

• Table 1.31 The NVIS Information Hierarchy
• Table 1.34 Counts of taxa (species and infraspecies) in the NVIS Taxon_Lists table
• Table 2.22 Summary of taxonomic and nomenclatural issues
• Table 2.23 Taxonomic problem and solution relationships
• Table 2.25 Name currency
• Table 3.1 Summary of the NVIS records with taxonomic issues
• Table 3.11 Example of NVIS taxon record duplication
• Table 3.12 Examples of misspelt rank identifiers
• Table 3.13 Synonyms by States
• Table 3.14 Other taxonomic issues by State
• Table 3.141a Legume family name variation
• Table 3.141b Erroneous family allocation
• Table 3.141c Family name typographic errors
• Table 3.145 Examples of “status unknown” records
• Table 3.147 Examples of taxa with phrase names
• Table 3.2 Nomenclatural examination of selected families
• Table 3.31 Family Proteaceae by States
• Table 3.32 Acacia by States
• Table 3.33 Eucalypts by States
• Table 4.145 Species qualifier correction
• Table 4.23 Atomizing of nomenclatural data elements
• Table 4.3 Summary of discrepancy handling options

Figures

• Figure 4.3a Option 1: Species Taxonomy in NVIS Vegetation Descriptions (short term arrangement)
• Figure 4.3b Option 2: Species Taxonomy in NVIS Vegetation Descriptions (mid-term arrangement)
• Figure 4.3c Option 3: Species Taxonomy in NVIS Vegetation Descriptions (long term arrangement)

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• Download National Vegetation Information System Taxonomic Review — Appendix F: Total NVIS Taxon_Lists (appendixf.pdf - 782 KB)

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