Topic: Problems importing data using Organism View dictionary
I don't know if this has been sorted in the most recent upgrade, but we have just noticed a problem with records imported using the Organism View dictionary
When the records were imported, the Organism View dictionary was used to match the species names, instead of using the individual preferred lists. We realised that Recorder searches all species names and synonyms using this list, but doesn't necessarily match them to the correct one. For example, Carex echinata (star sedge) was matched to Carex muricata subsp. muricata (large-fruited prickly-sedge) as Carex echinata is an old synonym. Carex echinata is very common in Devon, Carex muricata subsp. muricata is very rare in the UK, and doesn't occur in Devon.
We now need to check all records imported using this method to see if there are any other horrors lurking!
Cheers
Ellie
Devon Biodiversity Records Centre
Devon Biodiversity Records Centre