National Herbarium of New South Wales

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New South Wales Flora Online

• Karen Wilson and Gary Chapple

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NSW Flora Online

• Part of PlantNET, the Gardens website for
  information on New South Wales plants
• http//plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

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NSW Flora Online

• Part of PlantNET, the Gardens website for
  information on New South Wales plants
• http//plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
• PlantNET provides descriptions, distribution,
  conservation and weed status, identification
  keys, images, illustrations, links to other sites

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NSW Flora Online

• Based on the hardcopy Flora of New South Wales
  (ed. GJ Harden edition 1 4 volumes, 1990-1993
  edition 2 vols 1 2, 2000 2002)

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NSW Flora Online

• Based on the hardcopy Flora of New South Wales
  (ed. GJ Harden edition 1 4 volumes, 1990-1993
  edition 2 vols 1 2, 2000 2002)
• Differs from Flora of Australia, Flora Iberica
  and Flora of China in that the hardcopy Flora was
  complete before digitising started

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NSW Flora Online - content

• Handbook-style Flora, not monographic like Flora
  of Australia no typification, bibliography,
  specimens

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NSW Flora Online - content

• Handbook-style Flora, not monographic like Flora
  of Australia no typification, bibliography,
  specimens
• 6363 spp. in 1993 about 7500 spp. now (new
  naturalisations more than new spp.)

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NSW Flora Online - content

• Text, keys, images from hardcopy Flora of New
  South Wales
• Added hyperlinks to APNI, AVH, APG, Noxious
  Weeds site, Threatened Spp site

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NSW Flora Online - content

• Text, keys, images from hardcopy Flora of New
  South Wales
• Added hyperlinks to APNI, AVH, APG, Noxious
  Weeds site, Threatened Spp site
• Added images (drawings and photos), conservation
  and noxious weed status, maps, ecology (Sydney
  region only)

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NSW Flora Online - structure

• Data are stored in KE-EMu database, NSW
  Collections, used for our herbarium and Gardens
  specimens
• Stored in the Catalogue, Taxonomy and Multimedia
  modules

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NSW Flora Online - structure

• Text transferred to the webserver as delimited
  text files an automatic weekly extract from EMu
  db using CRON/Perl

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NSW Flora Online - structure

• Text transferred to the webserver as delimited
  text files an automatic weekly extract from EMu
  db using CRON/Perl
• Locality point data (dots on maps) transferred to
  webserver in a PostgreS database

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NSW Flora Online - structure

• Images managed with ImageMagic
• Text maps images brought together with Perl
  CGI scripts to produce Flora webpages

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NSW Flora Online

• Designed, written and implemented by Ken Hill,
  with later input from Linn Linn Lee on page
  design

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NSW Flora Online

• Designed, written and implemented by Ken Hill,
  with later input from Linn Linn Lee on page
  design
• Went on-line 2004
• Further development since then by Wayne Cherry
  and Gary Chapple

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NSW Flora Online - issues

• Maintenance /updating rely on botanical
  curators to keep herbarium and the Flora
  synchronised not always up to date!

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NSW Flora Online - issues

• Maintenance /updating rely on botanical
  curators to keep herbarium and the Flora
  synchronised not always up to date!
• Would a DELTA-type data matrix make it easier to
  update text and create interactive keys?

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NSW Flora Online - issues

• Maintenance /updating rely on botanical
  curators to keep herbarium and the Flora
  synchronised not always up to date!
• Would a DELTA-type data matrix make it easier to
  update text and create interactive keys?
• Keeping users informed of changes (weeds,
  conservation status, nomenclatural changes) RSS
  feeds?

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NSW Flora Online to add

• Links to relevant papers in Telopea
  Cunninghamia
• Information on uses (e.g. indigenous) of plants

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NSW Flora Online to add

• Links to relevant papers in Telopea
  Cunninghamia
• Information on uses (e.g. indigenous) of plants
• More images types 1 representative specimen
  per species plants in the field

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NSW Flora Online to add

• Links to relevant papers in Telopea
  Cunninghamia
• Information on uses (e.g. indigenous) of plants
• More images types 1 representative specimen
  per species plants in the field

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NSW Flora Online future

• Add LSIDs
• Update family delimitations in line with APG
• Add bryophytes, lichens, algae? Extra funding
  needed for this
• Add access to our specimen records for registered
  users?

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NSW Flora Online future

• Extra staff (at least 2) needed for long term
  maintenance of the project

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NSW Flora Online future

• Extra staff (at least 2) needed for long term
  maintenance of the project
• Review data acquisition, storage, maintenance and
  presentation on the Web next year
• Consider any changes needed to contribute to ALA
  /link to other CHAH eFloras

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