Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
In this essay we want to shed some light on selected subjects of taxonomy that we think are worth looking at: the problems of the taxonomic workforce, the taxonomic knowledge growth based on the use of databases and web-portals and some suggestions for quality improvements in molecular databases for the benefit of the scientific community, conservation practitioners, regulators, policy-makers and citizen-scientists.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Coleman et al. (2020) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: