Table 3 Summary of content of text file downloads available from the Agroforestry Species Switchboard archive.

From: The Agroforestry Species Switchboard, a global resource to explore information for 107,269 plant species

File

Field name

Notes

Switchboard_4.txt

Database

Database code, see metadata

Taxon_Database

Taxon name in the database

Taxon_URL

Taxon-specific part of the hyperlink

Match.Type

Method of matching names (see manuscript)

Backbone

Taxonomic backbone: WFO = World Flora Online; WCVP = World Checklist of Vascular Plants

SID

Taxonomic ID from the taxonomic backbone

ScientificFinal

Standardized taxonomic name, obtained from the taxonomic backbone

ScientificNameAuthorship

As in the taxonomic backbone

TaxonomicStatus

As in the taxonomic backbone

TaxonRank

As in the taxonomic backbone

Genus

As in the taxonomic backbone

Family

As in the taxonomic backbone

Species

Derived from ScientificFinal, also omitting notations (‘ × ’) for hybrid species

Switchboard_species.txt

Species

Unique Species from Switchboard_4.txt file

Databases

Number of databases

Tree

Identification as tree

Treeish_batch

Batch when species was identified as tree

Treeish_justification

Justification for identification as tree

SID

As in the Switchboard_4.txt file

WCVP_ID

Taxonomic ID in the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

WCVP_ID_match

Method of obtaining the WCVP_ID (see manuscript)

TRY_Speciesa

Number of records in the TRY harmonized species data set with the same SID

WFO_Accepted

Number of records in the WFO taxonomic backbone with the same species name and where the taxonomicStatus was ‘Accepted’

WFO_Unchecked

Number of records in the WFO taxonomic backbone with the same species name and where the taxonomicStatus was ‘Unchecked’

WFO_Synonym

Number of records in the WFO taxonomic backbone with the same species name and where the taxonomicStatus was ‘Synonym’

WFO_none

Indicator that the same species name was not listed in the WFO taxonomic backbone. This indicator also flags ‘Species’ with a hybrid (‘×’) notation in the taxonomic backbone.

Switchboard_unmatched.txt

Database

Database code, see metadata

Taxon_Database

Taxon name in the database

Taxon_URL

Taxon-specific part of the hyperlink

  1. aA list of plant names in the TRY Plant Trait Database91 was standardized to the same taxonomic backbone data via WorldFlora92. This dataset can be linked with the Switchboard via the ‘SID’ fields.
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