New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
The status of names and records of Australian macrofungi
Tom W. May
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Birdwood Ave
South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia
Email: Tom.May@rbg.vic.gov.au
Abstract On-line, regularly updated lists are available
for selected groups of Australian macrofungi and for most New Zealand fungi.
Such on-line lists not only provide information on names, but also act as
a main reference point for general literature, especially in the absence
of monographs for many groups. However, on-line lists cannot be used uncritically
because the status of names and records varies considerably. Status is explored
through the concepts of take-up and quality. Most species based on Australian
types have been disposed among modern genera, but often are known only from
the type. For species based on extra-Australian types, numerous Australian
records appear to be misapplied. Rather than provide a unidimensional coding
system for status, it is suggested that on-line lists provide for searching
on as many informative fields as practical, so as to allow users to select
the taxa of interest for their particular purpose.
Keywords macrofungi; checklist; species delimitation;
Australia; New Zealand
B03004 Received 4 February 2003; accepted 8 July 2003; online publication
date 11 September 2003
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2003, Vol. 41: 379-389
0028-825X/03/4103-0379 $7.00 © The Royal Society of New Zealand
2003
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