This app aims to help field inventory teams and other plants observers and enthusiasts to validate and keep your species list updated.
The app takes a CSV file as input, checks for common species lists harmonization issues then compare plant species names against renowned taxonomic backbones.
The outputs are: (1) a comparison of the different backbones for each name submitted and (2) a series of statistics to help users correct outdated names and typos but also decide what to do in case of conflict between different backbones.
This apps is intended to run locally as the validation process can take from a few seconds to a few hours for long lists (national level surveys in tropical countries for example).
It requires R and Rstudio installation (see: https://posit.co/download/rstudio-desktop/)
Windows users may need to also install Rtools after R and Rstudio: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/Rtools/rtools44/rtools.html
Once R and Rstudio are install, from the R console run:
remotes::install_github("openforis/speval")
speval::shiny_run_speval()