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High-throughput, high-quality alpha taxonomy underpinning land management in Western Australia

High-throughput, high-quality alpha taxonomy underpinning land management in Western Australia. Kevin Thiele Western Australian Herbarium Department of Environment and Conservation. Context (1) Western Australia:. Context (2)

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High-throughput, high-quality alpha taxonomy underpinning land management in Western Australia

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  1. High-throughput, high-quality alpha taxonomy underpinning land management in Western Australia Kevin Thiele Western Australian Herbarium Department of Environment and Conservation

  2. Context (1) Western Australia:

  3. Context (2) The Western Australian Herbarium – part of the Department of Environment and Conservation

  4. Context (3)

  5. Context (4) • Undescribed (phrase-named) taxa • Have status under legislation, but… • Uncertain taxonomic status • Often difficult to identify • Usually poorly known

  6. Context (5)

  7. Saving Our Species 2-year, $15 million State-funded biodiversity rescue program to boost the conservation of Western Australia’s unique plants, animals and ecosystems… …tackling key conservation issues where significant long-term results can be achieved from a short-term, strategic focus

  8. Saving Our Species 2-year, $15 million State-funded biodiversity rescue program to boost the conservation of Western Australia’s unique plants, animals and ecosystems… …to resolve the taxonomy and expedite the scientific description of unnamed vascular plant taxa in Western Australia, especially those that may be vulnerable to future mining activities. …to deploy in FloraBase interactive keys to the flora of Western Australia

  9. Saving Our Species Taxonomy Juliet Wege Kelly Shepherd Ryonen Butcher High throughout, high-quality alpha taxonomy of Banded Ironstone conservation taxa

  10. Saving Our Species Taxonomy Achievements Collaboration with >70 Australian and international botanists 45 papers in a special, bumper edition of Nuytsia 95 newly described taxa, in 21 families and 33 genera 78 of these are conservation taxa, of which 39 are new to the State schedule 3 highly skilled, enthusiastic and experienced new taxonomists

  11. Saving Our Species Taxonomy Achievements Improvements to Florabase to allow flexible addition of new content …towards a full electronic Flora of Western Australia …interactive keys to 200 Families 1050 genera …key publication protocols and architecture

  12. Saving Our Species Taxonomy Issues The significance of alpha taxonomy and identification is obvious to the funders and the public… …but, both depend on revisionary taxonomy – and this is harder to sell …need to point out that these projects picked the cherries …higher-level systematics played a minor role

  13. Saving Our Species Taxonomy Conclusion Seen as successful, high-profile projects Continuing … but still short term Strengthen arguments for longer term (permanent) positions Opens doors to non-Government funding sources

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