BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICSFOR 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:1. Enable the identification of monocot plants

anywhere in the world2. Provide a wealth of information about monocot

species, genera and families3. Address separately the needs of different users4. Link together monocot taxonomists to

enhance their productivity5. 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

EuropeanMonocots(ca 2,000spp)

Cypriped-ioideae(ca 130spp)

SampledRed ListIndexProject(1,500spp)

APGIIIfamilies(78) key &pages

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

Irisacutiloba.PhotoMehdiZarrei

Taxonomic contentfrom monocotsystematicscommunitiesworldwide

Biodiversityscientists &other usercommunities

Baseline taxonomic content from WorldChecklist of Monocots(www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots) for ca70,000 species will underpin scratchpads

WORKSHOPS: CALLING ALL MONOCOT SYSTEMATISTS

Iris reticulata. PhotoM. Zarrei

eMonocot eTaxonomy workshop bursariesThe project has funding to support ca five international workshops inpartnership with monocot taxonomists worldwide.Each workshop will:

1. Support groups of specialists in using emonocot as aplatform

2. 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 (malenymph) . Photo Gina Lolli.