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Apply POWO only to countries where no expert checklist available [feature request] #1

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ojalaquellueva opened this issue Sep 13, 2022 · 1 comment
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ojalaquellueva commented Sep 13, 2022

Motivation: POWO is an unreliable source of species native status information, assembled by quasi-algorithmic means, and should be used only where higher quality information not available.

Example: POWO lists Eleagnus umbellata (autumn olive) as native to Minnesota. This species is an aggressive invasive in North America, native to Asia only. See: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:927281-1.

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@ojalaquellueva ojalaquellueva changed the title [Reference data issue] Erroneous native occurrences in POWO Apply POWO only to countries where no expert checklist available [feature request] Sep 13, 2022
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ojalaquellueva commented Apr 12, 2024

The most straightforward solution is to apply only one checklist when >1 is available for a given political entity. Would also need to store this ranking in the database. Allowing user to set checklist order via the API or web interface would be an additional challenge.

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