BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS FOR MONOCOTS AND

MONOCOT SYSTEMATISTS

Iris reticulata. Photo Mehdi Zarrei

Wilkin, P., Baker, E., Barker, A., Bone, R., Baker, W.J., Clark, B., Gardiner, L., Godfray, H.C.J,, Haigh, A, Kelly, J., Kitching, I.J., Mayo, S.J., Phillips, S., Scoble, M.J., Simpson, D.A., Smith, V.S., Trias, A. Villalba, S., Vorontsova, M. & Weber, O.

When complete, emonocot will:

• Enable the identification of monocot plants anywhere in the world

• Provide a wealth of information about monocot species, genera and families

• Address separately the needs of different users

4. Link together monocot taxonomists to enhance their productivity

• Provide a model for web taxonomy

e-monocot.org

ARCHITECTURE, EXISTING RESOURCES, CONTENTCATE-Araceae (www.cate-araceae.org)116 genera, ca 4,000 speciesPalmweb (www.palmweb.org)183 genera, ca 2,400 speciesGrassbase (www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html).Ca 700 genera, 11,611 species

European Monocots (ca 2,000 spp)

Cypriped-ioideae (ca 130 spp)

Sampled Red List Index Project (1,500 spp)

APGIII families (78) key & pages

Generic keys & pages:AsparagaceaeCyperaceaeDioscoreaceaeLiliaceaeOrchidaceae(2,100 genera)

Iris acutiloba. Photo Mehdi Zarrei

Taxonomic content from monocot systematics communities worldwide

Biodiversity scientists & other user communities

Baseline taxonomic content from World Checklist of Monocots (www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots) for ca 70,000 species will underpin scratchpads

WORKSHOPS: CALLING ALL MONOCOT SYSTEMATISTS

Iris reticulata. Photo M. Zarrei

eMonocot eTaxonomy workshop bursariesThe project has funding to support ca five international workshops in partnership with monocot taxonomists worldwide.

Each workshop will:

• Support groups of specialists in using emonocot as a platform

• Enable monocot taxonomic communities to • share research results• deliver information on monocots• mentor others to do the same

3. Include training in the use of the emonocot system

Workshop 1: Chicago, September 2011 with the Carex community.

See e-monocot.org for a call for proposals in the near future

Dactylorhiza maculata & Chorthippus parallelus (male nymph) . Photo Gina Lolli.