Mangroves are easily recognizable as such, but they come from a broad cross-section of families and, as such, there is no single taxon category that captures all of them (other than something way too broad, such as "flowering plants). It would be helpful for both observers and identifiers of mangro…

[image] JayAvery: If a ‘mangroves’ category was to be created, then countless other polyphyletic categories would be requested too, and it would completely change the entire identification system. Yeah, this isn’t a taxonomic concept we would go along with, it would open the floodgates. I wou…

Create a ID category called "mangroves" that captures the different families that make up mangrove species

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jdmore October 1, 2019, 7:14pm 5

Yes,

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/search?iconic_taxa=47126&q=mangrove

Seems like a job for a project checklist and/or a life-form annotation (discuss any annotation ideas here).

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Create a ID category called "mangroves" that captures the different families that make up mangrove species

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