TY - JOUR AU - Boyle, Brad AU - Hopkins, Nicole AU - Lu, Zhenyuan AU - Raygoza Garay, Juan Antonio AU - Mozzherin, Dmitry AU - Rees, Tony AU - Matasci, Naim AU - Narro, Martha L. AU - Piel, William H. AU - Mckay, Sheldon J. AU - Lowry, Sonya AU - Freeland, Chris AU - Peet, Robert K. AU - Enquist, Brian J. PY - 2013 DA - 2013/01/16 TI - The taxonomic name resolution service: an online tool for automated standardization of plant names JO - BMC Bioinformatics SP - 16 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The digitization of biodiversity data is leading to the widespread application of taxon names that are superfluous, ambiguous or incorrect, resulting in mismatched records and inflated species numbers. The ultimate consequences of misspelled names and bad taxonomy are erroneous scientific conclusions and faulty policy decisions. The lack of tools for correcting this ‘names problem’ has become a fundamental obstacle to integrating disparate data sources and advancing the progress of biodiversity science. SN - 1471-2105 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-14-16 DO - 10.1186/1471-2105-14-16 ID - Boyle2013 ER -