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

行星生物多样性倡议(PBI)：大戟属-一种全球物种清单项目摘要该项目提供了一种理解大型复杂生物群的方法，使用在全球约有2000个物种的大戟属作为模型。在生物多样性热点的实地工作以及对博物馆收藏品和文献的检查之后，研究小组将编制所有物种的最新清单和描述，为业余爱好者和科学家提供识别物种的工具，进行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，并评估几种有害杂草物种的控制方法。世界各地将有一个大戟分类学家的核心团队，由此产生的信息将由一个单独的生物信息学专家团队组织和传达。这项主要使用基于互联网的工具在5年时间框架内对2000多个物种的复杂植物属进行的全面研究将证明为其他大型和多样化的生物群体快速获取和传播信息的可行性。该项目为从K-12到博士后水平的学生提供广泛的培训，提供一个以大戟为例的教育推广模块，以及开展科学合作的全球方法。它既审查了有毒杂草的控制，如叶子繁茂的杂草复合体，也审查了被CITES视为濒危的900多种大戟物种的保护。

Planetary Biodiversity Initiative (PBI): EuphORBia - a global inventory of the spurgesProject 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.