[Taxacom] plant genus question

[Dennis During]

​I sure would like that fuzzy-search-over-multiple-databases capability
for​ other kingdoms.  Any suggestions?

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Tony Rees <tonyrees49 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> In this and similar cases for plants I can recommend the [Plant] Taxonomic
> Name Resolution Service or TNRS developed by the iPlant group (for which I
> declare an interest as I supplied the fuzzy match component), which
> searches 5 fairly extensive plant names lists including Tropicos and The
> Plant List. You can access it here:
> http://tnrs.iplantcollaborative.org/TNRSapp.html . Enter "Ligslicum
> scapiforme" (without the quotes) and press "Submit List" and you will get a
> list of exact and/or suggested near matches as available.
>
> Regards - Tony
>
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> https://about.me/TonyRees
>
> On 23 November 2017 at 03:33, John Grehan <calabar.john at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks everyone for the quick feedback! Ligusticum scapiforme seems to be
> > the likely candidate.
> >
> > John Grehan
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Mary Barkworth <Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Possibly typos for
> > > Ligusticum scapiforme H. Wolff??? (Apiaceae if that helps)
> > >
> >
> > Roderic Page via <https://support.google.com/
> mail/answer/1311182?hl=en-GB>
>  mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> 03:17 (2 hours ago)
>  to John, taxacom
> Hi John,
>
> My guess is that it’s Ligusticum scapiforme https://www.gbif.org/species/
> 3637519
>
> Regards,
>
> Rod
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Roderic Page
> Professor of Taxonomy
> Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine
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Dennis C. During