Taxonomic backbones for Europe (plus some others...)
Hi everyone! Over the last months, a recurring theme has been the adoption of external taxonomic authorities for the European (= West Palaearctic) region.
This post is meant as an open discussion forum for the – mostly European – iNat community to come up with a set of taxonomic authorities suited for the region, which could then go into the relevant section of the Curator Guide.
@kueda @loarie let us know if there are certain requirements that an external authority should, or has to, fulfil.
So here's my initial suggestion open for discussion:
Plants of Europe: the Euro+Med PlantBase (where treatment is complete), otherwise falling back to the PlantList.
European animals not covered by taxon-specific global lists (eg birds, amphibians, reptiles, spiders...): Fauna Europaea
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In addition to the question of taxonomic authorities with a European focus, I'm also adding a bunch of suggestions for other regions and / or taxa:
Plants of Africa + Madagascar: African Plant Database
Lepidoptera (only moths, and excluding butterflies) of Africa: AfroMoth
Global Orthoptera list: Orthoptera Species File
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