Users cannot select all Fungi in the occurrence search interface

[ManonGros]

This was reported by one of our users who wanted to select all the Fungi records in the occurrence search interface. The problem is that when typing Fungi in the scientific name filter, none of the suggestions return the kingdom: https://api.gbif.org/v1/species/suggest?datasetKey=d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c&q=Fungi.

The only way to go around is to look for Fungi in the species search and click on the species page for Fungi and click on the occurrence link: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=5

The same problem for "Archaea".

I am surprised that the exact match match isn't return first in the suggestions.

[MortenHofft]

I would argue that it is the biggest usability issue on the site: that some taxa are impossible to select, even if you provide the exact name.

Duplicate of https://github.com/gbif/checklistbank/issues/223 and https://github.com/gbif/checklistbank/issues/265

[MortenHofft]

That said I believe the change (it has not always been like this) was done to accommodate another issue, namely that it was impossible to select some species, because it was drowned in higher rank matches. @thomasstjerne and @fmendezh will know the details of that decision.

[ManonGros]

Couldn't the exact matches come first? Why would Fungiphrya come before Fungi? It seems that if I wanted Fungiphrya, I could type a few more letters.

[MattBlissett]

The problem will still exist with Animalia.

[ManonGros]

I guess the rationale is that it is "easier" to get the kingdom ranks since they are shown in the tree while the lower ranks are harder to get without the search.