Kindt Roeland, Siddique Ilyas, Dawson Ian, John Innocent, Pedercini Fabio, Lillesø Jens-Peter, Graudal Lars
Trees and Forest Genetic Resources, and Biodiversity, CIFOR-ICRAF, Nairobi, Kenya.
Center of Agrarian Sciences (CCA), Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Brazil.
Sci Data. 2025 Jul 5;12(1):1150. doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-05492-w.
The Agroforestry Species Switchboard is a comprehensive vascular plant database that guides users to information for a particular taxon from a global but fragmented set of resources. Via standardized species names, a user can rapidly determine which among the 59 contributing databases contain information for a species of interest, and understand how this information can be accessed. By providing taxonomic identifiers to World Flora Online, it is straightforward to check for changes in taxonomy. Among the 59 databases referenced, ten covered over 10,000 species, 20 between 1,000 and 10,000 species, and 22 between 100 and 1,000 species. The top ten plant families for species richness across covered databases were the Fabaceae (9,537 species), Asteraceae (6,041), Rubiaceae (4,812), Poaceae (3,947), Myrtaceae (3,544), Euphorbiaceae (2,689), Malvaceae (2,478), Rosaceae (2,374), Lauraceae (2,334) and Lamiaceae (2,107). Information included in the Switchboard distinguishes 54,812 tree-like species, covering most known tree species globally. Among its applications, the Switchboard can assist species selection for ecological restoration projects to synergize biodiversity and human well-being objectives.
农林物种信息库是一个全面的维管植物数据库，它能引导用户从全球但分散的资源集中获取特定分类单元的信息。通过标准化的物种名称，用户可以快速确定59个参与数据库中哪些包含感兴趣物种的信息，并了解如何获取这些信息。通过向《世界植物在线》提供分类标识符，可以直接检查分类学上的变化。在引用的59个数据库中，有10个涵盖了超过10000种物种，20个涵盖了1000至10000种物种，22个涵盖了100至1000种物种。在所涵盖的数据库中，物种丰富度排名前十的植物科为豆科（9537种）、菊科（6041种）、茜草科（4812种）、禾本科（3947种）、桃金娘科（3544种）、大戟科（2689种）、锦葵科（2478种）、蔷薇科（2374种）、樟科（2334种）和唇形科（2107种）。信息库中包含的信息区分出54812种乔木状物种，涵盖了全球大多数已知的乔木物种。在其应用中，信息库可以协助生态恢复项目的物种选择，以促进生物多样性和人类福祉目标的协同发展。
