Introduction to eMonocot (Dave Simpson)

The emonocot Team
Iris hymenospatha. Photo M. Zarrei

Background
Started late 2010
Funded by NERC via consortium grant
Large scale, coherent, sustainable taxonomically based information resource on the monocots
Primarily aimed towards biodiversity scientists
Why monocots?
Fritillariaraddeana. Photo M. Zarrei

Aims
Aid identification of monocots worldwide
Provide wealth of information about monocot taxa
Separately address the needs of different users
Link together monocot taxonomists to enhance productivity
Provide a model for web taxonomy
Lysichiton americanum. Photo I. Kitching

Organisation
Content team: Kew
Content development
Integration with strategic & ICT programmes
Post project sustainability
ICT team: Oxford
Software development
Link with bioinformatics & eScience
Outreach team: Natural History Museum
Scratchpad functionality
Extension to Zoology
Web metrics
Dioscoreadodecaneurafruit Photo A. Popovkin

Existing resources
CATE-Araceae(www.cate-araceae.org)
104 genera, c. 4000 species
Palmweb(www.palmweb.org)
190 genera, c. 2600 species
GrassBase(www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html)
C.700 genera, 11,611 species
World Checklist (www.kew.org/wcsp/monocots)
C.70,000 species
MonsteraadansoniiPhoto I. Andrade

Deliverables
APGIII families key/pages (77 families)
Generic keys/pages (c.2100 genera):
Araceae [CATE-Araceae]
Arecaceae [Palmweb]
Asparagaceae
Cyperaceae
Dioscoreaceae
Liliaceae
Orchidaceae
Poaceae [GrassBase]
Species level resources:
European Monocots (c.2000 spp)
Cypripedioideae (c.130 spp)
Sampled Red List Index Project (1500 spp)
CarexjuvenlisPhoto Dave Simpson

Cyperaceae one
of eight key
families
Expected outputs:
Key to genera
Genus pages – all genera worldwide
Species pages for European Cyperaceae
Species pages for Sampled Red List Index Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae community can contribute much more

Content Progress
Developing keys in LUCID: Monocot families

Content Progress
Developing keys in LUCID: Dioscoreaceae

Content Progress
Developing keys in LUCID: Cypripedioideae
Cypripedium kentuckiense. Photo N. Turland

Content Progress
Identifying content sources and acquiring content; an administration database has been constructed.

Content Progress
Report on communities and content
Establishing a collaborative link with the Swiss Orchid Foundation to deliver Orchid content
Dioscoreaceae scratchpad in development
Dactylorhizapraetermissa. Photo I. Kitching

Content Progress - Cyperaceae

Protologues
Links to BHL: 611
Digitised: 214

Taxon descriptions
104 generic descriptions from Kubitzki
9 additional genera about to be processed
35 species descriptions from Sedges of the British Isles (out of 106)
Mapaniamangenotiana.Photo A . Mesterhazy

ICT progress
Stakeholder survey
Documentation of existing systems
Existing systems functionality workshop
Content documentation
Data exchange standards, tools & technologies documentation
emonocotdesign work
Iris acutiloba Photo M. Zarrei

ICT progress
Prototype architecture
Portal plus data editing system
Scratchpad role
Cyperaceae
Cyperaceae contributors

Outreach Progress
Impact plan – UK monocot ID guide
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
Developing links to UK biodiversity scientists & volunteer scientists
Hyacinthoides non-scripta Photo Paul Wilkin
Monocot guided walk Photo Ed Baker

Outreach Progress
Workshops for Monocot systematists
Call for proposals in Summer 2011
First workshop in Chicago in September: Carex
Subsequent workshops in London & potentially worldwide in late 2011 & 2012
Iris reticulata. Photo M. Zarrei

In summary…
Significant progress in all project areas
Much more work to do
Allium ursinum

Website
http://e-monocot.org
Crocus sieberi & Scilla bifolia

Thailand and Malaysia
Flora of Thailand
Flora Malesiana
Flora of Peninsular Malaysia
Flora of Vietnam
Nothing for Cambodia or Laos

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