Digital data concerning the flora of Italy are largely fragmented among different resources
hosted on different platforms, and often with different data standards, which are neither …

Types of identification keys Page 1 59 Types of identification keys Gregor Hagedorn,
Gerhard Rambold, Stefano Martellos Abstract — A number of terms related to identification …

The creation of a coordinated publishing and aggregation system of biodiversity data is a
challenging task, which calls for the adoption of open data standards. ITALIC, the …

Background Identification keys are decision trees which require the observation of one or
more morphological characters of an organism at each step of the process. While modern …

Work is in progress for the completion of a computer-aided key to all lichens known to occur
in Italy, which will be freely available online, and as a free application for mobile devices. A …

Fusarium is one of the most important phytopathogenic fungi of agricultural and human
concern. More than 300 species have been described, many of which are pathogenic to …

Bryophytes are a rewarding study group in field biology and the UK bryophyte flora has
international importance to biodiversity conservation. We designed an identification key to …

Necklace orchids (Coelogyninae, Epidendroideae) have been used in traditional medicine
practices for centuries. Previous studies on a subset of unrelated orchid species utilized in …

This article describes the experience of project Dryades, coordinated by the University of
Trieste, in developing interactive identification keys in the form of applications for mobile …

Several national and global initiatives aim to increase access to biodiversity information
worldwide. The Italian National Biodiversity Network, started in the framework of the project …