Figure 2 in An automated workflow to standardise taxon names for South African alien species lists

Figure 2. Details on the lists used as case studies to test and illustrate the workflow. The bar chart shows the total number of taxa included on the three lists, as well as the number of taxa on the lists that were flagged due to the detection of various issues or errors. Note that the y-axis has been log10 transformed. The lower portion of the figure provides details on the taxonomic groups (with the number of taxa shown in brackets) and habitats of the listed taxa; the format of the taxon names (canonical or scientific); and the taxonomic backbones implemented during the development of the lists (with dates) and during the execution of this workflow. The watchlist was compiled using the Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), and so followed the taxonomy used in that database. Much of the content of the GISD was developed in the early 2000s (Pagad et al. 2015), and at that time the taxonomic backbone of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was implemented, however, in ~2009, some revisions were made based on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (S. Pagad, pers. comm., 21 January 2025). GBIF – Global Biodiversity Information Facility; BODATSA – Botanical Database of Southern Africa; WCVP – World Checklist of Vascular Plants; ICTV – International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Published as part of Faulkner, Katelyn, 2026, An automated workflow to standardise taxon names for South African alien species lists, pp. 1-13 in African Biodiversity & Conservation (a2) 56 (2) on page 7, DOI: 10.38201/abc.v56.2.a2, http://zenodo.org/record/20…