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8 years ago Bug in name metrics matching where it jumps straight to genus matching for sub-species ranks.
Asparagus asparagoides (NC), Asparagus asparagoides f. asparagoides, Asparagus asparagoides f., Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce f. asparagoides all now correctly match.
Asparagus asparagoides f. Western Cape (R.Taplin 1133) is currently not parsable by the PhraseNameParser as forms are not recognised.
Names that were only matched to genus:
but should've been matched to Asparagus asparagoides...
From a support email from Meg.Robertson@sa.gov.au, dated 30 June 2014:
Hi ALA data management
The occurrence and taxonomic status of two naturalised forms of Asparagus asparagoides in South Australia have been established relatively recently (2003-2006).
In South Australia these forms are recognised as different taxa and the SA Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources provides Bridal Creeper records to ALA with the following species names: Asparagus asparagoides (NC) Asparagus asparagoides f. asparagoides Asparagus asparagoides f. Western Cape (R.Taplin 1133) Asparagus asparagoides f.
We have noticed that the ALA algorithm validly converts all of these names into Asparagus asparagoides except Asparagus asparagoides f. asparagoides which has been matched at the genus level only as Asparagus.
Specimen records from the SA State Herbarium named Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce f. asparagoides have also been downgraded to Asparagus.
We are not aware of any reason why the data should be downgraded in this way because the species name is valid. Therefore we would expect the species name to be included in ALA, ie. all these records should be Asparagus asparagoides.
Please could you let me know whether this issue can be addressed in ALA and how we could assist?
Thank you Meg Robertson Data Curation Officer