@article{fdi:010092230, title = {{H}igh-quality herbarium-label transcription by citizen scientists improves taxonomic and spatial representation of the tropical plant family {A}nnonaceae}, author = {{S}treiff, {S}. {J}. {R}. and {R}avomanana, {E}. {O}. and {R}akotoarinivo, {M}. and {P}ignal, {M}. and {P}impar{\'e}, {E}. {P}. and {E}rkens, {R}. {H}. {J}. and {C}ouvreur, {T}homas}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{H}erbarium specimens provide an important and central resource for biodiversity research. {M}aking these records digitally available to end-users represents numerous challenges, in particular, transcribing metadata associated with specimen labels. {I}n this study, we used the citizen science initiative '{L}es {H}erbonautes' and the {R}{\'e}colnat network to transcribe specific data from all herbarium specimen labels stored at the {M}us{\'e}um national d'{H}istoire naturelle in {P}aris of the large tropical plant family {A}nnonaceae. {W}e compared this database with publicly available global biodiversity repository data and expert checklists. {W}e investigated spatial and taxonomic advances in data availability at the global and country scales. {A} total of 20 738 specimens were transcribed over the course of more than two years contributing to and significantly extending the previously available specimen and species data for {A}nnonaceae worldwide. {W}e show that several regions, mainly in {A}frica and {S}outh {E}ast {A}sia not}, keywords = {{A}nnonaceae ; participatory transcription ; {GBIF} ; conservation ; ecology ; {M}adagascar ; {MADAGASCAR} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}dansonia}, volume = {46}, numero = {18}, pages = {173--185}, ISSN = {1280-8571}, year = {2024}, DOI = {10.5252/adansonia2024v46a18}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010092230}, }