Database Taxonomics as Key to Modern Plant Biology

Marcus A Koch; Dmitry A German; Markus Kiefer; Andreas Franzke

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2017.10.005

Database Taxonomics as Key to Modern Plant Biology

Trends Plant Sci. 2018 Jan;23(1):4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.10.005. Epub 2017 Nov 13.

Authors

Marcus A Koch¹, Dmitry A German², Markus Kiefer², Andreas Franzke²

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Biodiversity and Plant Systematics/Botanical Garden and Herbarium (HEID), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: marcus.koch@cos.uni-heidelberg.de.
² Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg, Biodiversity and Plant Systematics/Botanical Garden and Herbarium (HEID), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 29146431
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2017.10.005

Abstract

The advent of omic technologies opened new and multiple avenues to access higher levels of complexity. Taxonomy - discovering and naming biodiversity - has also entered a taxonomics epoch and serves as a tool not only to name biological diversity, but also to fully explore biological knowledge and to build bridges between disciplines.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Brassicaceae / classification
Classification
Databases, Factual*
Plants / classification*
Terminology as Topic