Cool.
#2 above. What about plants that don't appear in any valid databases but are used to sell plants? Neither Accepted nor Synonym. I'm thinking back to that dang Alocasia 'Poly' where Alocasia amazonica is often used to sell the plant but doesn't exist. I ran across one reference that mentioned the use of Horticulture for plants sold without any scientific basis. Now I've got it listed both in synonyms and trade names
African Mask (Alocasia 'Polly') but it should probably be in the Latin List with some designation.
Also #2 above. For consistency, will admin add [Invalid], [Illegimate] etc. after the synonym name or leave them off completely as being unnecessary to the database?
More #2 above. Is it possible to capitalize Accepted and Synonym rather than all lower case? Just one of the 1000 things a day that irriate me.
#3. A drop down seems to make the most sense. ITIS requests that their full name be used in citations in the format Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS); suspect all the others would as well. If the full names were in a drop down (with type-ahead of course
) that would sure save typing as well as providing consistency. You'd need a list from all the moderators and admin to make it as complete as possible. In addition to the obvious large scale databases only concerned with Latin binomials, there are also the approved International Cultivar Registration Authorities
http://www.ishs.org/sci/icrali... that would have genus/species info as well as cultivar acceptance.
#5. Text field that becomes an automatic hyperlink?
Thanks for answering my concern.
