The taxonomic name resolution service: an online tool for automated standardization of plant names

BMC Bioinformatics

Table 1 Details of taxonomic sources used by the TNRS

Name	Total names	Taxonomic scope	Geographic scope	Primary URL
Tropicos	1,250,897	Embryophytes	Comprehensive coverage of North, Central and South America; partial coverage of Old World, especially Madagascar, Aast Africa and China.	http://www.tropicos.org/
USDA Plants	93,307	Embryophytes and lichens	U.S. and its territories, Canada, Greenland	http://plants.usda.gov/java/
Global Compositae Checklist	123,551	Asteraceae	Global	http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/
NCBI Taxonomy	210,214	Embryophytes	Global	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy

Total names includes higher taxa and infraspecific taxa in addition to species. Taxonomic scope refers to the subset of the database used for the TNRS (for example, NCBI Taxonomy covers the entire tree of life, not just embryophytes). "Embryophytes" are flowering plants, conifers, ferns, mosses, hornworts and liverworts.

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