Markus Döring

Before this can go live, [occurrence interpretation](https://github.com/gbif/occurrence/issues/229) must be ready to pick up the new matching type.

There are 2 Cassia mimosoides now in Fabaceae: - Cassia mimosoides L. (synonym of - Cassia mimosoides DC. (accepted)

The Linnaeus one is still the same synonym, but if no authorship is given _Cassia mimosoides_ matches DC which is considered an accepted species in Cassia of Fabaceae. I guess...

There are 2 Cassia nictitans now - `Cassia nictitans L.` synonym of Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench, 1794 - `Cassia nictitans Wydler ex Steud.`, 1840: doubtfully accepted That leads to lookup...

``` { "usageKey":8206052, "acceptedUsageKey":2950302, "scientificName":"Cassia nictitans L.", "canonicalName":"Cassia nictitans", "rank":"SPECIES", "status":"SYNONYM", "confidence":100, "note":"Similarity: name=110; authorship=12; classification=4; rank=5; status=0; nextMatch=5", "matchType":"EXACT", "kingdom":"Plantae", "phylum":"Tracheophyta", "order":"Fabales", "family":"Fabaceae", "genus":"Chamaecrista", "species":"Chamaecrista nictitans", "kingdomKey":6, "phylumKey":7707728, "classKey":220,...

Cornell might be a good pick as we have eBird as the major bird occurrence supplier. That would match their taxonomy 1:1. There is a working group to unify the...

@dhobern do you have a recommendation which one to pick for GBIF?

That might be good, thanks. I wonder about IOC as this seems to be the starting point for the [merged list the above group engages on](https://www.internationalornithology.org/working-group-avian-checklists).

we already have so many changes in this build that I prefer to push this change down the line

I had a chance today to review a GBIF Backbone test with Clements as the primary reference for birds a little. There are larger problems that might prevent us from...