Biodiversity Challenge
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Passifloraceae sensu stricto in the Atlantic Forest of Rio Grande do Norte State (Brazil): Taxonomy and conservation assessments
Project summary:
Passifloraceae s.s, Passion fruit's family, is an important family to Brazil that moves our economy, besides, they have complex taxonomic issues, huge gaps on its classification, our taxonomic knowledge of this family is poor in Rio Grande do Norte state's Atlantic Forest. Here, we aim to list Passifloraceae s.s. species and analyze their conservation status.
Gláucia Lidiane da Silva
Team Members
Brazil
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Rubens Teixeira de Queiroz
Brazil
Federal University of Paraiba
Referee 1:
Rhudson Henrique Santos Ferreira da Cruz
Referee 2:
Bruno Cavalcanti Bellini
Referees
Scoring Rubric
Reviewer name:
1. Collection generation/improvement/maintenance (10 points available total)
(1a) contribution of physical and/or digital images of specimens (10 points)
or
(1b) infrastructure improvements including enhanced access to the physical collections, database development, database enhancement, digitization (10 points)
or
(1c) improvements to the physical collections (for example, better folders, better glue, paper, pest management, storage systems) (10 points)
or
(1d) distribution of duplicates (or orphan collections) to other regional or international herbaria (10 points)
2. Methods and funding consistency (10 points)
How well do the methods and funds requested match the effort needed to achieve the objectives?
3. Perceived need (10 points)
Score Small Collections Initiative applications here [30 points total]
(see below for Taxonomy and Systematics rubric)
Initiative for this application:
Taxonomic and Systematic Initiative
Reviewers should assign a score of 1 to 10 to each of the following three items (1 being poorly implemented, 10 superbly planned), plus a one-sentence comment detailing the score.
1. Originality of the proposal (10 points)
How well does the proposal advance knowledge in terms of a biodiversity perspective as well as from a taxonomic and systematic perspective?
Reviewers should assign a score of 1 to 10 to each of the following three items (1 being poorly implemented, 10 superbly planned), plus a one-sentence comment detailing the score.
Score Taxonomy and Systematics applications here [50 points total]
(see above for Small Collections Initiative rubric)
2. Training (10 points available total)
(2a) Training of staff and students (10 points)
or
(2b) Outreach and/or community activities (10 points)
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5. Training (10 points total)
(5a) Training of staff and students (10 points)
or
(5b) Outreach and/or community activities (10 points)
4. Qualification of the team (10 points)
Based on reference letters and CVs
3. Perceived need (10 points total)
(3a) Demonstrated need and discussion of threat and/or understudied taxa (10 points)
or
(3b) Vanishing taxonomic expertise (10 points)
This proposal scores:
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This proposal scores:
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Flowering plants
Cost: $
10000
