Global Biodiversity Information Facility Backbone Taxonomy
ID:
11
Home:
https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d7dddbf4-2cf0-4f39-9b2a-bb099caae36c
Updated On:
2023-03-01
Records #:
7651854
Description:
["The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy is a single, synthetic management classification with the goal of covering all names GBIF is dealing with. It's the taxonomic backbone that allows GBIF to integrate name based information from different resources, no matter if these are occurrence datasets, species pages, names from nomenclators or external sources like EOL, Genbank or IUCN. This backbone allows taxonomic search, browse and reporting operations across all those resources in a consistent way and to provide means to crosswalk names from one source to another.", "It is updated regulary through an automated process in which the Catalogue of Life acts as a starting point also providing the complete higher classification above families. Additional scientific names only found in other authoritative nomenclatural and taxonomic datasets are then merged into the tree, thus extending the original catalogue and broadening the backbones name coverage. The GBIF Backbone taxonomy also includes identifiers for Operational Taxonomic Units (OTUs) drawn from the barcoding resources iBOL and UNITE.", "International Barcode of Life project (iBOL), Barcode Index Numbers (BINs). BINs are connected to a taxon name and its classification by taking into account all names applied to the BIN and picking names with at least 80% consensus. If there is no consensus of name at the species level, the selection process is repeated moving up the major Linnaean ranks until consensus is achieved.", "UNITE - Unified system for the DNA based fungal species, Species Hypotheses (SHs). SHs are connected to a taxon name and its classification based on the determination of the RefS (reference sequence) if present or the RepS (representative sequence). In the latter case, if there is no match in the UNITE taxonomy, the lowest rank with 100% consensus within the SH will be used.", "The GBIF Backbone Taxonomy is available for download at https://hosted-datasets.gbif.org/datasets/backbone/ in different formats together with an archive of all previous versions.", "The following 100 sources have been used to assemble the GBIF backbone with number of names given in brackets:\n<ul><li>Catalogue of Life Annual Checklist 2022 - 4598400 names</li><li>International Barcode of Life project (iBOL) Barcode Index Numbers (BINs) - 620554 names</li><li>UNITE - Unified system for the DNA based fungal species linked to the classification - 544254 names</li><li>World Register of Marine Species - 236791 names</li><li>The Paleobiology Database - 219888 names</li><li>The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera - 186581 names</li><li>The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) - 140350 names</li><li>GBIF Backbone Taxonomy - 118213 names</li><li>TAXREF - 115618 names</li><li>The Leipzig catalogue of vascular plants - 102663 names</li><li>Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) - 72727 names</li><li>The Plant List with literature - 68734 names</li><li>ZooBank - 67185 names</li><li>Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database - 61525 names</li><li>Genome Taxonomy Database r207 - 60534 names</li><li>International Plant Names Index - 51510 names</li><li>Fauna Europaea - 45652 names</li><li>Artsnavnebasen - 38145 names</li><li>Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas - 36571 names</li><li>The National Checklist of Taiwan (Catalogue of Life in Taiwan, TaiCoL) - 36500 names</li><li>United Kingdom Species Inventory (UKSI) - 30171 names</li><li>The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - 24652 names</li><li>Brazilian Flora 2020 project - Projeto Flora do Brasil 2020 - 16409 names</li><li>Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera) - 15233 names</li><li>Systema Dipterorum - 13547 names</li><li>Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-Date (PNU) - 10075 names</li><li>Checklist Dutch Species Register - Nederlands Soortenregister - 9205 names</li><li>GRIN Taxonomy - 6335 names</li><li>Taxon list of fungi and fungal-like organisms from Germany compiled by the DGfM - 4654 names</li><li>Catalogue of Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of North America - 3326 names</li><li>Checklist of Beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second Edition. - 3279 names</li><li>Catalogue of Afrotropical Bees (no double headers) - 3254 names</li><li>The Clements Checklist - 2981 names</li><li>Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World - 2809 names</li><li>Myriatrix - 2740 names</li><li>Taxon list of Hymenoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 2495 names</li><li>IOC World Bird List, v12.2 - 2419 names</li><li>Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology - 2315 names</li><li>Database of Vascular Plants of Canada (VASCAN) - 1978 names</li><li>National checklist of all species occurring in Denmark - 1965 names</li><li>Taxon list of vascular plants from Bavaria, Germany compiled in the context of the BFL project - 1797 names</li><li>A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos - 1705 names</li><li>Orthoptera Species File - 1312 names</li><li>Taxon list of Jurassic Pisces of the Tethys Palaeo-Environment compiled at the SNSB-JME - 1271 names</li><li>Backbone Family Classification Patch - 1145 names</li><li>GBIF Algae Classification - 1102 names</li><li>Aphid Species File - 1095 names</li><li>International Cichorieae Network (ICN): Cichorieae Portal - 1084 names</li><li>Annotated checklist of endemic species from the Western Balkans - 777 names</li><li>Psocodea Species File - 635 names</li><li>Cortinariaceae fetched from the Index Fungorum API - 627 names</li><li>Taxon list of animals with German names (worldwide) compiled at the SMNS - 512 names</li><li>Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia - 484 names</li><li>Catalogue of the Alucitoidea of the World - 472 names</li><li>Lygaeoidea Species File - 401 names</li><li>Taxon list of mosses from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 314 names</li><li>ICTV Master Species List 2019 v1 - 280 names</li><li>GBIF Backbone Patch - 251 names</li><li>Phasmida Species File - 241 names</li><li>Coreoidea Species File - 175 names</li><li>GTDB supplement - 140 names</li><li>Cockroach Species File - 109 names</li><li>Endemic species in Taiwan - 94 names</li><li>Mantodea Species File - 87 names</li><li>Taxon list of Araneae from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 87 names</li><li>Species of Hominidae - 78 names</li><li>Mammal Species of the World - 73 names</li><li>Taxon list of liverworts from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 68 names</li><li>Plecoptera Species File - 61 names</li><li>Species Fungorum for CoL+ - 61 names</li><li>Taxon list of Sternorrhyncha from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 58 names</li><li>Catalogue of the type specimens of Cosmopterigidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences - 47 names</li><li>Species named after famous people - 44 names</li><li>Taxon list of Trichoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 34 names</li><li>Dermaptera Species File - 33 names</li><li>True Fruit Flies (Diptera, Tephritidae) of the Afrotropical Region - 33 names</li><li>Taxon list of Diplura from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 30 names</li><li>Taxon list of Auchenorrhyncha from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 20 names</li><li>Catalogue of the type specimens of Polycestinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences - 19 names</li><li>Taxon list of Thysanoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 19 names</li><li>Lista de especies de vertebrados registrados en jurisdicción del Departamento del Huila - 18 names</li><li>Asiloid Flies: new taxa of Diptera: Apioceridae, Asilidae, and Mydidae - 15 names</li><li>Taxon list of Microcoryphia (Archaeognatha) from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 15 names</li><li>Catalogue of the type specimens of Bufonidae and Megophryidae (Amphibia: Anura) from research collections of the Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences - 12 names</li><li>Grylloblattodea Species File - 10 names</li><li>Coleorrhyncha Species File - 9 names</li><li>Embioptera Species File - 7 names</li><li>Taxon list of Pisces and Cyclostoma from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 6 names</li><li>Taxon list of Pteridophyta from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 6 names</li><li>Taxon list of Siphonaptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 6 names</li><li>Taxon list of Zygentoma from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 4 names</li><li>Taxon list of Protura from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 3 names</li><li>Taxon list of hornworts from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 2 names</li><li>Chrysididae Species File - 1 names</li><li>Taxon list of Dermaptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 1 names</li><li>Taxon list of Diplopoda from Germany in the context of the GBOL project - 1 names</li><li>Taxon list of Orthoptera (Grashoppers) from Germany compiled at the SNSB - 1 names</li><li>Taxon list of Pscoptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 1 names</li><li>Taxon list of Pseudoscorpiones from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 1 names</li><li>Taxon list of Raphidioptera from Germany compiled in the context of the GBOL project - 1 names</li></ul>"]