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Synonyms for Genus sp. place name (voucher) added in the form Genus (place name voucher) potential cause homonym reports #200

Open Sherrin-ALA opened 4 months ago

Sherrin-ALA commented 4 months ago

For conservation refinement lists - synonyms have been added for phrase names where the name of the list is in an incorrect format - Genus (place-name voucher). This is potentially causing homonym issues for the genus as the single name, e.g Chiloglottis, appears in the taxonomy twice - once as a species and once as a genus.

Needs as resolution in Name matching, to either match the poorly formatted name correctly, or to remove the homonym issue.

One thing to investigate is whether Genus sp. (place-name voucher) will still cause the issue - some of these poorly formatted names are coming in via APNI e.g Chiloglottis sp. (Mango Flat D.L.Jones 2547) https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/51361400/api/apni-format

Sherrin-ALA commented 4 months ago

Some of these poorly formatted names are also coming in for the Fauna from spider genus Teyl - Teyl sp. (MYG693)