How are weeds named? A committee review of the WSSA composite list of names

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F24%3A100276" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/24:100276 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/weed-science/article/how-are-weeds-named-a-committee-review-of-the-wssa-composite-list-of-names/59CF3DFEE03020731AF9056C5C373A73" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/weed-science/article/how-are-weeds-named-a-committee-review-of-the-wssa-composite-list-of-names/59CF3DFEE03020731AF9056C5C373A73</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/wsc.2024.35" target="_blank" >10.1017/wsc.2024.35</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

How are weeds named? A committee review of the WSSA composite list of names

Original language description

Plant names carry a significant amount of information without providing a lengthy description. This is an efficient shorthand for scientists and stakeholders to communicate about a plant, but only when the name is based on a common understanding. It is standard to think of each plant having just two names, a common name and a scientific name, yet both names can be a source of confusion. There are often many common names that refer to the same plant, or a single common name that refers to multiple different species, and some plants have no common name at all. Scientific names are based upon international standards; however, when the taxonomy is not agreed upon, two scientific names may be used to describe the same species. Weed scientists and practitioners can easily memorize multiple plant names and know that they refer to the same species, but when we consider global communication and far-reaching databases, it becomes very relevant to consider two sides of this shift: (1) a need for greater standardization (due to database management and risk of lost data from dropped cross-referencing); and (2) the loss of local heritage, which provides useful meaning through various common names. In addition, weed scientists can be resistant to changing names that they learned or frequently use. The developments in online databases and reclassification of plant taxonomy by phylogenetic relationships have changed the accessibility and role of the list of standardized plant names compiled by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA). As part of an attempt to reconcile WSSA and USDA common names for weedy plants, the WSSA Standardized Plant Names Committee recently concluded an extensive review of the Composite List of Weeds common names and had small changes approved to about 10% of the list of more than 2,800 distinct species.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Weed Science

ISSN

0043-1745

e-ISSN

1550-2759

Volume of the periodical

72

Issue of the periodical within the volume

5

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

433-443

UT code for WoS article

001362259600001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85195566027