Since iNat uses POWO for plant taxonomy, why doesn’t it appear on the list?
When the Wiki link lacks distribution info I can get that from POWO, but I have to google for the link. Or is it hidden somewhere else on iNat?
Since iNat uses POWO for plant taxonomy, why doesn’t it appear on the list?
When the Wiki link lacks distribution info I can get that from POWO, but I have to google for the link. Or is it hidden somewhere else on iNat?
Many clicks away on the taxonomy tab.
Could we have POWO automagically added to the About list for less clicks.
Maybe this would be better as a Feature request?
Personally though I consider POWO quite poor for assessing distribution. In general it is far too broad. Alternatively you could use GBIF, which is in the list, or, if you really do want POWO, follow the link to IPNI and once there one more click will take you to POWO.
Agree, in POWO generalized to countries usually and you cannot trust absence data at all - it can be that those countries distribution data from published works just haven’t been added yet (same with absence data on GBIF, big countries are missing because data has not been geolocated yet). Still, it is better than nothing, and both will get better with time.
I don’t need scientific detail. Is it wild in this country, because it is an invasive alien, or because this is its natural distribution - is what I want to know. Wild or cultivated is only half the story.
POWO links are already available on the About Tab in a couple of places:
Do these options address the need?
Yes, thank you - have been out Fynbos Rambling
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