japonicus
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7 years ago Yes, I agree.
Because of the way the taxon list is organised in the app it will be quite awkward to fix this.
I'll try to find a way to improve this in the web-based version of the submission form, which is still being worked on, but there may not be time to do anything about the mobile versions because publishing revised versions to app stores can be slow (and also I don't have access to update the app store versions while the mobile developer is away)
Using the standard full BSBI list of vascular plants creates problems for a number of species which are likely to be widely recorded, for instance Dandelion, Daisy & Bramble (see images below):
In each of these cases the app would be easier to use with the most common likely value to be first in the list.
I would, at the very least, look at suppressing microspecies for the purpose of the NYPH. For those who record information at this level there is a comment field.
I dont know if there are any alternate ordering methods for the taxa lists: e.g., most frequently recorded on NYPH, recently recorded by user etc.
An other approach would be to use the BSBI VC lists which would give typical lists of around 1600 taxa and exclude many of the rarities which could make life difficult (see Achillea/Yarrow below).