TY  - CHAP
AU  - Paton, Alan
AU  - Allkin, Robert
AU  - Belyaeva, Irina
AU  - Dauncey, Elizabeth
AU  - Govaerts, Rafaël
AU  - Edwards, Sarah
AU  - Irving, Jason
AU  - Leon, Christine
AU  - Lughadha, Eimear Nic
AB  - Plant names are the key to communicating and managing information about plants. This paper considers how providers of high quality technical plant name information can better meet the requirements non-botanical audiences who also rely on plant names for elements of their work. The International Plant Name Index, World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and The Plant List are used as examples to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses of plant name resources from a non-expert user’s perspective. The above resources can be thought of as botanists pushing data at audiences. Without closer engagement with users, however, there is a limit to their relevance and impact. The need to cover common names is a frequent criticism of existing resources. The Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS, www.kew.org/mpns) is an example of how plant name resources can be adapted to better address the needs of a non-botanical audience. Some of the major challenges are outlined and solutions suggested.
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1001600
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1076752479
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28359
KW  - Plant names
KW  - information
KW  - plants
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28359/1/Paton_et_al.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28359/1/Paton_et_al.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/28359/1/Paton_et_al.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37088
PB  - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
PY  - 2016
TI  - Chapter Plant Name Resources : Building Bridges with Users
ER  - 
