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Structure of table ScientificName
Label Format Nullable Send Comment
id_name number y primary key
E. BOOS, W. BRAUN, R. MAY and J. OCHSMANN
id_rank number y foreign key, points to table rank
id_rank_2 number y y foreign key, points to table rank,
used for the ‘botanical part’ of a
cultivar name
name varchar2(512) y taxon name
name_1 varchar2(100) y y first name part of bi- or trinomina,
single name of higher taxa without
authors or other supplementary
phrases
epi_1 varchar2(100) y y 1st epitheton (species, sectio etc.)
epi_2 varchar2(100) y y 2nd epitheton (the last below
species)
cultivargroup varchar2(100) y y
cultivar varchar2(100) y y
author_phrase varchar2(100) y y all authors incl. phrases like ‘auct.’
etc.
bp_standard number y y authors checked according to
Brummitt and Powell (1992)
hybrid varchar2(1) y y ‘x’ if hybrid, ‘+’ if graft-chimaera
The names are not only stored as strings, but in an atomised form - each name part,
the rank and the authors in a single field. At present one can get information on
225,000 taxa via BIGTAX, but the redundancy of names is about 30%. The main
causes of redundancy are differences in the spelling of names and their authors.
The atomised structure of names will allow, at a later stage of development, the
comparison and improvement of the names and authors and their spelling.
At this time, a search for names will result in a list from which the user can select the
names he is interested in, and view their common names or the synonymy. In a next
stage it will be possible to search the repository by a hierarchy tree, which is based
on a preferred taxonomic view, but maps all used names to this tree.
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