[Taxacom] problems with GBIF

[Michael Heads]

Dear colleagues,
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Two of my favourite sites for basic information on taxa are?wikipedia and GBIF, but I wouldn't bet the farm on their data.?Compare the GBIF map of the plant family Papilionaceae s.lat. (aka Fabaceae),?ranging north exactly to the US/Canada?border:
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http://data.gbif.org/species/13146161/
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with the butterfly family Papilionidae, ranging south?to exactly the same border?(and west to Alaska):
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http://data.gbif.org/species/13143363/

Interesting vicariance! Must be climatic... 
If the 'developed' countries can't get their act together, what about the places where all the biodiversity is?
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Michael Heads
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Wellington, New Zealand.

My papers on biogeography are at: http://tiny.cc/RiUE0