Herbarium: 9 fields not 10 - is it deliberate?
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nosenabook
First, thanks for the fixes!
When I was working this morning I saw only nine fields where I am used to ten. The scientific reference field was gone, the one where I most often type (L).
I'd enjoy hearing why it was removed, if it was.
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robgur
scientist, admin
Hi yes, we did remove this field. After looking at preliminary transcription results, we decided this field was likely to be more hassle to collect and interpret than it was worth both for you, the transcribers and for the herbarium data providers. In the botanical taxonomic literature, one can retrieve the authority if one has the species name in almost all cases. Given this, we decided to remove this particular field to speed up the transcribing process a bit. Hope this make sense!
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nosenabook
It is faster, except for that first one where I typed in the information without checking! That was the very definition of flummoxed!
Do you mind telling me what L. stands for? Is it the oldest reference, or something like "lore"?
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Mr._Kevvy
L. is shorthand for Carl Linnaeus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus
The other common one is Michx. for André Michaux: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_MichauxPosted
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robgur
scientist, admin
in response to Mr. Kevvy's comment.
Linnaeus even has a birthday tomorrow!
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Mr._Kevvy
Botany presents for him?
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nosenabook
Yes, I can see how it is Linnaeus who gets the single initial. 😃
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SandersClan
I know where we can get lots of plant specimens for him.
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I made the same mistaken entry of the Scientific Author in the new/old fourth field! :b Wasn't until I got to the second specimen that I noticed the change!
If you are still interested in the full names of 99% of those Botanists, this site has a great list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_botanists_by_author_abbreviation#A
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