I know it’s a long shot, but who knows. I’m updating 200+ years of materia medica data and wondering, has anyone automated the process of converting binomial names from older classifications into today’s APG system? Any leads on a Python script that could help? #botany #taxonomy #materiamedica - ThreadSky

julienantih.bsky.social • 3 days ago

I know it’s a long shot, but who knows.

I’m updating 200+ years of materia medica data and wondering, has anyone automated the process of converting binomial names from older classifications into today’s APG system?

Any leads on a Python script that could help? #botany #taxonomy #materiamedica

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oreotrephes.bsky.social•3 days ago

What a wonderful idea! Do you mean from earlier scientific names to APG, or from other systems like “Latinate pharmacological” (I guess there must be a real term for this) or both?

julienantih.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thanks! I meant from earlier scientific names, but why not both in the end.

I have everything is currently classified according to a 19th-century system, but for research purposes, I need to convert them to APG. I’d rather not manually update 15,000+ specimens 😅

oreotrephes.bsky.social•1 day ago

@alanelliott.bsky.social Mark Watson suggests World Flora Online name matching tools could help here! @worldfloraonline.bsky.social

julienantih.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Thanks to both of you :)! Yes, WFO was my starting point. I should have specified that I needed a tool to process large datasets at once. TNRS https://tnrs.biendata.org/about/ developed at University of Arizona and Missouri Bot.Gard. amongst others, automates this using multiple databases, including WFO :)

julienantih.bsky.social•1 day ago

For those interested, there’s already a tool for this: https://tnrs.biendata.org/

Ref: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8016462/

Big thanks to @aishwaryachaure.bsky.social for the heads-up and welcome to bluesky 💪🏼🐥

aishwaryachaure.bsky.social•1 day ago

You’re welcome @julienantih.bsky.social 😁

tmigratorius.bsky.social•3 days ago

Emanuela Appetiti
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emanuela-appetiti/

julienantih.bsky.social•3 days ago

Brilliant! I’m not sure if Dr Schultz and Apetiti are working on this issue, but I’m certainly pushing in their directions as well. Strange that such a tool doesn’t exist yet!Thanks again.

tmigratorius.bsky.social•3 days ago

Ask KEW Medicinal Plants Plant Names Service or Bob Alkin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boballkin/

julienantih.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thanks for the suggestion, I appreciate it!

That was actually on my list for the next days - I just wanted to check if a tool was already available before reaching out.

tmigratorius.bsky.social•3 days ago

ethnobotanist Dr. Fabien Schultz
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabienschultz/

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