[Taxacom] APG III genus list

[Tony.Rees at csiro.au]

Dear all,

Just following up a thread here from last month, I finally got around to checking out the GRIN taxonomy as suggested by Tom below, and can confirm that (for angiosperms) it does follow APG III with a few exceptions, listed below in case these are of interest. In the main the latter seem to be small families maintained by some authorities, subsumed into larger ones in APG III, though in at least some cases there is a note in APG that they may need to be split off with further study (and so round we go...)

Differences between GRIN taxonomy (Sep 2011 download) and APG III:

  (GRIN => APG III)

  Chenopodiaceae => Amaranthaceae
  Valerianaceae => Caprifoliaceae
  Linnaeaceae => Caprifoliaceae
  Dipsacaceae => Caprifoliaceae 
  Diervillaceae => Caprifoliaceae
  Morinaceae => Caprifoliaceae
  Viscaceae => Santalaceae 
  Erythropalaceae => Olacaceae
  Aptandraceae => Olacaceae
  Octoknemaceae => Olacaceae
  Ledocarpaceae => Vivianiaceae
  Taccaceae => Dioscoreaceae
  Francoaceae => Melianthaceae
  Didymelaceae => Buxaceae
  Maundiaceae => Juncaginaceae
  Rhoipteleaceae => Juglandaceae

Of course different sources will agree to disagree with regard to these and similar lumping/splitting issues, it is just that if you are using GRIN as an exemplar of APG III genus placements it is as well to be aware where the two systems presently differ. There are also a couple of spelling variants (Ripogonaceae => Rhipogonaceae, Toricelliaceae => Torricelliaceae) to be aware of as well, again found differently spelled depending on the source you prefer.

In any case GRIN are to be commended for making all their data available so freely for download, to enable such comparisons to be undertaken without drama (thanks, GRINners!)

Regards - Tony
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Wendt
> Sent: Saturday, 3 September 2011 5:27 AM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] APG III genus list
> 
> Check out the GRIN Taxonomy web site at
> http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/index.pl?language=en
> Very useful; downloadable; follows APG3.
> 
> Tom Wendt
> 
> >Dear colleagues,
> >
> >In about twelve months, herbarium LD (Lund, Sweden) will move all its
> >c. 3 million specimens to new facilities. We have now decided to also
> >use this opportunity to completely resort our collections (which are
> >today ordered after various more or less outdated classifications). As
> >far as possible, the new organisation of the vascular plants will be
> >families in alphabetical order and genera in alphabetical order within
> >the families. As far as families are concerned, the APG III system is
> >the natural choice. However, to be able to implement APG III
> >consistently, we would need a list of all "accepted" genera, if
> >possible with some frequently used synonyms as well, included in each
> >of the families recognised by APG III. At present, we have compiled
> >such lists for some families from various sources, but we do not have
> >that kind of complete list that we would need to resort all of our
> >vast international collections. Could somebody advice me from where I
> >may obtain such a complete list of genera (preferably in the form of
> >an excel spreadsheet with names of genera in one column and the family
> >to which they belong in another)? Of course, we would prefer an
> >"authorative" list agreed upon by multiple systematist and/or allready
> >implemented in some major herbarium...
> >
> >Yours,
> >Torbj?rn
> >
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> >>  Torbj?rn Tyler, Ph.D,
> >>
> >>  - Curator at herbarium LD.
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