What:
Features (page)
Keys (some)
List of genera
Database
Texts/descriptions
Species images
Feature illustrations
List of contributors
Documentation (minutes, project plans, general blurb)
Bibliography
Why:
Quick web presence
For funders to look at
Finding out more about scratchpads
Community involvement
When:
1st December – Leverhulme
Job plan – up to end of Jan
Who:
Tropical Africa Drylands team (Ian Darbyshire, David Goyder)
Humid Tropical African team (Tivvy Harvey, Martin Cheek)
Malpighiales team (chat to Sue Zmartzy and Gill Chalen)
Lamiales team (Gemma Bramley and Alan Paton)
Legumes (Barbara Mackinder – 1 tribe)
Rubiaceae?
Myrtales?
Araceae (Anna Haigh)
Inner core, outer core and wider community
How:
Manual (copy and paste etc):
Linaceae + SANBI families
List of families and genera (create taxonomy + typing)
Linaceae + genera
Malpighiaceae + genera
List of subset of characters (create taxonomy + typing)
General habit – habit
General habit - leaf arrangement
Leaves – insertion
Leaves – simple or compound
Inflorescence – flowers
Inflorescence – position
Flowers – perianth
Flowers – disc
Fruit – texture at maturity
Fruit –mericarps
Seeds – whether winged
Seeds – hairyness
Characters (create custom data page + cut and paste)
Title = Plant part, character and state
Field 0 = Core or optional status
Field 1 = Description (do we need a special field for images)
Field 2 = Links to bibliography (how?)
Field 3 = Synonyms (in other keys)
Feature descriptions (create custom data page + cut and paste)
Title = Genus name
Field 0 = general habit
Field 1 = leaves
Field 2 = inflorescence
Field 3 = flowers
Field 4 = fruits
Field 5 = seeds
Automated (batch-loading of data)
Local Sandbox