"Where do these endangered orchid species occur?" – visualizing the taxonomic variable for aggregated herbarium data. Mappings for the same 250 SERNEC specimens (not all resolved at this geographic scale) according to four distinct taxonomies. (A) sec. SERNEC (2016) 'consensus', (B) sec. Radford et al. (1968), (C) sec. Kartesz (2010)(D) sec. Weakley (2015). In A, C, and D, unequal sets of specimens labeled as bifaria are red; those labeled as divaricata are blue. In B, all specimens are identified as divaricata, and hence a query for bifaria would not return any specimens.

 
  Part of: Franz N, Gilbert E, Ludäscher B, Weakley A (2016) Controlling the taxonomic variable: Taxonomic concept resolution for a southeastern United States herbarium portal. Research Ideas and Outcomes 2: e10610. https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.2.e10610