iNat Observation leads to big range extension in Australia

A rare violet previously known only from the mainland was recently found in Tasmania via iNat! Awesome.

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“It takes relatively little time for me to review the observations that come through.”

(We need more taxon specialists who think like that)

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“It’s important to spread the word because we currently know it from a single population, it may be more widespread and it’s just never been noticed.”
One answer to the “it’s rare, should I share?” dilemma.

And ABC News regularly mentions iNat in their nature / citizen science pieces:
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Gang-Gang

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Wow! So nice!

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One more: Lorikeet Parlysis Symptom project made the news this morning

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