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Fuzzy matches being returned when search should check genus. #213

Open Sherrin-ALA opened 3 weeks ago

Sherrin-ALA commented 3 weeks ago

There is an issue with name-matching selecting a fuzzy match for a species, when it should be checking the genus and returning a higher match. There are two examples here. https://support.ehelp.edu.au/a/tickets/209517 https://support.ehelp.edu.au/a/tickets/209518

Fucus distichus and Chorda tomentosa. In both cases, the species are not found in Australia, but the genera are. However, name matching has come back with fuzzy matches (Ficus disticha, and Cordia wallichii).

We may need to update the logic so that when name-matching returns a fuzzy match with a different genus, it should check if there is an exact match to the original genus. Possibly more logic will be required to look at supplied higher ranks.