PBI: Collaborative Research: EuphORBia - A Global Inventory of the Spurges

行星生物多样性倡议（PBI）：EuphorBia -一个全球性的清单的大戟项目摘要该项目提供了一种方法来了解大型和复杂的生物群体，使用大戟属Euphorbia，约2000种世界各地，作为模型。在对生物多样性热点地区进行实地考察和对博物馆藏品和文献进行检查之后，研究小组将制作所有物种的最新清单和描述，供业余爱好者和科学家识别物种的工具，DNA测序分析以确定进化关系，分析濒危物种的分布和稀有性，并评估几种有毒杂草物种的控制方法。将有一个由世界各地的大戟属分类学家组成的核心团队，并将由一个独立的生物信息学专家团队组织和传达所产生的信息。这项对一个复杂的植物属的综合研究，主要使用基于互联网的工具，在5年的时间框架内，超过2000个物种，将证明快速获得和传播其他大型和多样化的生物群体的信息的可行性。该项目为从K-12到博士后水平的学生提供广泛的培训，以大戟为例的教育推广模块，以及进行科学合作的全球方法。它既审查了对有毒杂草如多叶大戟的控制，也审查了对900多种被CITES认为濒临灭绝的大戟属物种的保护。

Planetary Biodiversity Initiative (PBI): EuphORBia -a global inventory of the spurges Project AbstractThis project provides a methodology to understand large and complex groups of organisms, using the spurge genus Euphorbia, with about 2000 species worldwide, as the model. Following field work in biodiversity hotspots and examination of museum collections and literature, the research team will produce updated lists and descriptions of all species, tools for amateurs and scientists to identify species, DNA sequencing analyses to determine evolutionary relationships, analyses of the distributions and rarity of endangered species, and evaluation of control methods for several noxious weedy species. There will be a core team of Euphorbia taxonomists worldwide, and the resulting information will be organized and conveyed by a separate team of bioinformatic specialists.This comprehensive study of a complex plant genus of over 2000 species in a 5-year time frame using mainly Internet-based tools will demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining and disseminating information quickly for other large and diverse groups of organisms. The project provides extensive training of students from K-12 to the postdoctoral levels, an educational outreach module using Euphorbia as an example, and a global approach to conducting scientific collaboration. It examines both the control of noxious weeds like the leafy spurge complex and the conservation of the 900-odd species of Euphorbia considered endangered by CITES.