Abstract
The Caryophyllales Network strives to assemble an online dynamic synthesis of the order Caryophyllales, uniting the current knowledge about the phylogeny of the order with up-to-date information on the individual taxa contained. Capturing taxonomic data and the decision processes involved in the definition and circumscription of the taxa requires highly complex specialized software. The Caryophyllales Network uses the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy for that purpose. In the context of the online treatment of the family Nepenthaceae, we describe the steps taken to assemble the database, the interaction with other electronic sources, the links with the World Flora Online initiative, and the prospects for the maintenance and further development of the Nepenthaceae segment of the Caryophyllales database. Nepenthaceae constitute an example of a family with a relatively recent flora treatment (Flora Malesiana, published in 2001), which to a large extent covers its total range of distribution, but with further species subsequently described as new to science in mostly regional treatments, and with an analysis of relationships and species limits on the basis of evolutionary methods just emerging. A snapshot of the current state of the database is provided as an annotated checklist in PDF format in the Supplementary Material online, which includes 176 species and nine naturally occurring named hybrids and treats 435 species and infraspecific names.Citation: Berendsohn W. G., Borsch T., Guntsch A., Kohlbecker A., Korotkova N., Luther K., Muller A., Plitzner P. & Mering S. von 2018: Using the EDIT Platform for Cybertaxonomy to prepare and publish a treatment for the Caryophyllales Network: an online synthesis of the Nepenthaceae. – Willdenowia 48: 335–344. doi: https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.48.48301Version of record first published online on 17 September 2018 ahead of inclusion in December 2018 issue.
Highlights
The Caryophyllales Network — This specialists’ network was initiated in 2011 (Arias & al. 2016) with the aim to mobilize and coordinate the international endeavour to assemble a “Global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales” (Borsch & al. 2015)
The Caryophyllales Network was recognized by the World Flora Online (WFO) Council as one of WFO’s TENs (Taxonomic Expert Networks), whose responsibility it is to take on a specific “taxonomic slice” of the WFO and revise the taxonomy
As stated in the introduction, the prime purpose of the Nepenthaceae treatment presented here is to demonstrate the technical and editorial possibilities provided by the EDIT Platform in the context of the Caryophyllales Network and its aims, including the publication of a “data paper” (Chavan & al. 2011)
Summary
The Caryophyllales Network — This specialists’ network was initiated in 2011 (Arias & al. 2016) with the aim to mobilize and coordinate the international endeavour to assemble a “Global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales” (Borsch & al. 2015). The World Flora Online will be an open-access, web-based compendium of the world’s plant species This is answering Target 1 of the updated Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC) 2011 – 2020 of the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD; COP 2010; Sharrock 2012). The Caryophyllales Network was recognized by the WFO Council as one of WFO’s TENs (Taxonomic Expert Networks), whose responsibility it is to take on a specific “taxonomic slice” of the WFO and revise the taxonomy In this context, one of the first aims for the Network is to provide an updated WFO backbone for Caryophyllales, which implies that all names in the WFO backbone derived from The Plant List have to be resolved in the Caryophyllales database, and are to be placed within the best currently available taxonomic treatment for the respective species, genus or family. Commenced the first author’s dive into the exciting world of pitcher plants and their protagonists around the world
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