Making floras computable: Audited translation of flora of China as reusable taxonomic knowledge

doi:10.1016/j.pld.2026.05.015

Plant Diversity ›› 2026, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (04): 855-859.DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2026.05.015

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Making floras computable: Audited translation of flora of China as reusable taxonomic knowledge

Bin-Bin Liu^a,b, Fang-Zhe Ai^c, Chen-Yang Liao^d, Chao Xu^a,b, Hai-Rui Luo^e, Jing Xuan^e, Yi-Gang Song^f, Min Li^e

a. Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany/State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
b. China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China;
c. Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd., No. 10 Shangdi 10th Street, Beijing 100085, China;
d. College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China;
e. Big Data and AI Biodiversity Conservation Research Center, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
f. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on East China Plant Conservation and Utilization, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China

Received:2026-01-14 Revised:2026-04-19 Accepted:2026-05-28 Online:2026-06-11 Published:2026-07-25
Contact: Yi-Gang Song,E-mail:ygsong@cemps.ac.cn;Min Li,E-mail:iplant@ibcas.ac.cn
Supported by:
We thank the Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen) platform developed by Alibaba Cloud for providing AI-assisted translation support and efficient multilingual processing (Qwen-MT/Qwen3 series; accessed December 2025). We thank Na He-Ya (Sichuan University) for her valuable contributions to preparing the figure. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 32570240 to B.B.L., 32270216 to B.B.L., and 32000163 to B.B.L.), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (2023086 to B.B.L.), and the Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-013 to B.B.L.).

Making floras computable: Audited translation of flora of China as reusable taxonomic knowledge

Bin-Bin Liu^a,b, Fang-Zhe Ai^c, Chen-Yang Liao^d, Chao Xu^a,b, Hai-Rui Luo^e, Jing Xuan^e, Yi-Gang Song^f, Min Li^e

a. Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany/State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
b. China National Botanical Garden, Beijing 100093, China;
c. Beijing Baidu Netcom Science Technology Co., Ltd., No. 10 Shangdi 10th Street, Beijing 100085, China;
d. College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China;
e. Big Data and AI Biodiversity Conservation Research Center, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;
f. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on East China Plant Conservation and Utilization, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China

通讯作者: Yi-Gang Song,E-mail:ygsong@cemps.ac.cn;Min Li,E-mail:iplant@ibcas.ac.cn
基金资助:
We thank the Qwen (Tongyi Qianwen) platform developed by Alibaba Cloud for providing AI-assisted translation support and efficient multilingual processing (Qwen-MT/Qwen3 series; accessed December 2025). We thank Na He-Ya (Sichuan University) for her valuable contributions to preparing the figure. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant numbers 32570240 to B.B.L., 32270216 to B.B.L., and 32000163 to B.B.L.), the Youth Innovation Promotion Association CAS (2023086 to B.B.L.), and the Biological Resources Programme, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS-TAX-24-013 to B.B.L.).

Abstract

Key words: Floras, Taxonomic descriptions, Large language models, Terminology alignment, Audit, Versioning

关键词: Floras, Taxonomic descriptions, Large language models, Terminology alignment, Audit, Versioning

Bin-Bin Liu, Fang-Zhe Ai, Chen-Yang Liao, Chao Xu, Hai-Rui Luo, Jing Xuan, Yi-Gang Song, Min Li. Making floras computable: Audited translation of flora of China as reusable taxonomic knowledge[J]. Plant Diversity, 2026, 48(04): 855-859.

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