Global Access to the Taxonomic Legacy of Grady Webster: Digitization and Curation of Webster Euphorbiaceae Resources and Specimens

该项目位于加州大学戴维斯分校植物多样性中心。它的产品是基于网络的关于大戟科的信息，包括识别钥匙、图像、标本记录和出版物。从广义上讲，斯普奇科是开花植物中最大的科之一，鉴定它的物种是很困难的。该项目将为三个大属提供电子资源：巴豆属(1,250种)；大戟属(2,200种)；叶下珠属(1,270种)；以及达勒坎皮属(100种)。由于已故加州大学戴维斯分校植物学教授格雷迪·林德·韦伯斯特博士(Grady Linder Webster，1927-2005)的工作，植物多样性中心拥有极好的植物多样性收藏。韦伯斯特去世时，他正在从事斯普雷奇家族的多个项目。该项目提供资金，用于组织和管理他的标本，管理较旧的电子标本记录，扫描识别良好的选定物种的标本，并提供Sspurge出版物的电子版本。几位著名的SPEQUGE家族专家将协助这一项目。在该项目期间获得的电子标本标签数据将通过全球生物多样性信息设施门户网站获得，并添加到密苏里州植物园TROPICOS数据库中。标本数据和扫描图像将向世界各地的研究人员开放，包括标本起源的国家。韦伯斯特博士未出版和已出版的身份识别钥匙和专著的可获得性将有助于对斯普雷奇家族的研究。该项目为加州大学戴维斯分校的本科生、志愿者和国际学生提供培训机会。

This project is located at the UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity. Its product is web-based information on the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), including identification keys, images, specimen records, and publications. The spurge family in its broad sense is one of the largest families of flowering plants; identifying its species is difficult. The project will provide electronic resources for three large genera: Croton (1,250 species); Euphorbia (2,200 species); and Phyllanthus (1,270 species), as well as the genus Dalechampia (100 species). The Center for Plant Diversity has an excellent spurge collection, due to the work of the late Dr. Grady Linder Webster (1927-2005), Professor of Botany at UC Davis. At the time of his death, Dr. Webster was working on numerous projects in the spurge family. This project provides funds to organize and curate his specimens, curate older electronic specimen records, scan well-identified specimens of selected species, and provide electronic versions of spurge publications. Several well-known experts on the spurge family will assist in this project.Electronic specimen label data secured during this project will be available through the Global Biodiversity Information Facility portal and added to the Missouri Botanical Garden TROPICOS database. The specimen data and scanned images will be available to researchers worldwide, including the countries where the specimens originated. The availability of Dr. Webster's unpublished and published identification keys and monographs will facilitate research on the spurge family. The project provides training opportunities for UC Davis undergraduates, volunteers, and international students.