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dc.contributor.authorArdelean, Adorian
dc.contributor.authorKervin, Karina
dc.contributor.authorKansakar, Suman
dc.contributor.authorFautin, Daphne G.
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-08T21:08:40Z
dc.date.available2014-05-08T21:08:40Z
dc.date.issued2009-11-06
dc.identifier.citationArdelean, Adorian, Karina Kervin, Suman Kansakar, and Daphne Gail Fautin. 2009. Syngraph: an application for graphic display and interactive use of synonym lists. Zootaxa 2283: 29-39.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/13639
dc.description.abstractMultiple names that refer to a single species (synonyms) and more than one species being referred to by the same name (homonyms) bedevil taxonomy. They produce ambiguity about the entity under discussion. Syngraph is a computer application that organizes information about synonyms and homonyms. It can track different names that potentially have been applied to the same species, or identical names that have been applied to different species. It can create a list of synonyms in conventional format for use in publication, as for a taxonomic monograph. It can also display and print names so they are linked, thereby providing information on the conceptual basis of a name and the action taken in a publication. In the display, each name is imposed on a color-coded rectangle; all names on rectangles of the same color refer to records that stem from a single description. This allows quick visualization of the taxonomic history. When linked to a geographical information system application, the color can be used for points plotted on a map that displays the geographical locality of specimens referred to in each record. This visualization of the geographic distribution of the nominal species can provide tests of the hypothesis that the names are, indeed, synonyms. Syngraph is available for download; help files accompany the executable files.
dc.publisherMagnolia Press
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02283p039.pdf
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dc.subjectsynonymy
dc.subjecthomonymy
dc.subjectchresonymy
dc.titleSyngraph: An application for graphic display and interactive use of synonym lists
dc.typeArticle
kusw.kuauthorFautin, Daphne G.
kusw.kudepartmentEcology & Evolutionary Biology
kusw.oastatusfullparticipation
kusw.oaversionScholarly/refereed, publisher version
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