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大戟科（大戟科）的信息，包括识别码，图像，标本记录和出版物。广义上的大戟科是开花植物中最大的科之一;识别其物种是困难的。该项目将提供三个大属的电子资源：巴豆属（1，250种）;大戟属（2，200种）;叶下珠属（1，270种），以及Dalechampia属（100种）。植物多样性中心有一个很好的大戟收集，由于已故博士格雷迪林德韦伯斯特（1927-2005），加州大学戴维斯分校植物学教授的工作。在他去世的时候，韦伯斯特博士正在从事斯普奇家族的许多项目。该项目提供资金来组织和策划他的标本，策划旧的电子标本记录，扫描选定物种的识别标本，并提供电子版本的斯普林出版物。几位著名的大戟科专家将协助这一项目。在这一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提供，并添加到密苏里州植物园TROPICOS数据库。标本数据和扫描图像将提供给世界各地的研究人员，包括标本来源国。韦伯斯特博士的未发表和已发表的识别键和专著的可用性将促进对大戟科的研究。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 Webster's unpublished and published identification keys and monographs will facilitate research on the spurge family.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.