There was a short discussion that touches on this in the iNat Webinar from Aug 29, 2024.
Scott Loarie discussing the question ‘Are only “Research Grade” observations valuable for research?’
So right now we have captive cultivated tangled up In research grade. I know a lot of people have concerns about this and there’s a lot of, I’d say especially for places like New Zealand where scientists want to know even what’s in cultivation there because those have the potential in Island places like New Zealand or Hawaii where there’s the the threats from invasives are so big what escapes so there’s actually a ton of science that’s going on in New Zealand based on planted plants and things like that so that’s a good example where research grade doesn’t map to useful for science perfectly.