© Jörg Ochsmann, IPK Gatersleben 2000 |
OCHSMANN, J. 2000 (TWDG Annual
Meeting, Frankfurt/M.): TaxCat2 - Database of botanical taxonomic categories |
Summary |
The WWW database (http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/taxcat2/)
provides various information on botanical taxonomic categories (e.g. source of
introduction (author and year), original definitions, nomenclatural status according to
actual versions of the two Codes (ICBN and ICNCP), history and use, and literature
references). In addition the relations between the different categories are shown. For
this purpose synonyms and alternative names (in different languages) are distinguished. In
connection with the BIG project (Federal Information System Genetic Resources) and the
development of "Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural
Crops", a survey of botanical taxonomic categories was started. It quickly turned out
that many taxonomic problems in cultivated plants merely arise because of the vast |
(Stand / last updated: 28.01.2007)