DOI: 10.15146/r3fh61
title: BCI 50-ha Plot Taxonomy

description: BCI 50-ha Plot Taxonomy The 50-ha plot at Barro Colorado Island was
 initially demarcated and fully censused in 1982, and has been fully
 censused 7 times since, every 5 years from 1985 through 2015 (Hubbell and
 Foster 1983, Hubbell et al. 1990, Condit et al. 2012, Condit et al. 2017).
 The taxonomic component required repeated collecting and sorting so that
 every individual could be matched to a previously described species from
 Croat (1978). Over 300 taxa were separated and all but 8 of those
 identified to species. After the 8th census in 2015, a total of 328 tree
 taxa have been documented in the plot, though the number alive in any one
 census has been less. Taxonomy of tropical plants is still in a state of
 flux because many of the groups have not been studied in detail for
 decades, and new treatments, especially those using DNA phylogenies,
 invariably lead to revision and reidentification. To maintain the 50-ha
 plot up-to-date with recent taxonomy, we have had to make numerous changes
 to the original list of 300 species. In Condit et al. (1996) we listed
 every species and added an Appendix documenting revisions done up until
 that date. In Condit et al. (2004), another species list was provided, but
 with no list of revisions. Many other papers mention some species, but
 none since list all species. Here we provide a complete list with updates
 since 2004, and with it a list of all obsolete names ever used with a
 match to the current valid name. We acknowledge, of course, that taxonomy
 continues and further revisions will be inevitable. The data were frozen
 as of 1 May 2019, so users will always be able to consult the 2019
 version. It updates a 2017 archive with the same format
 (https://doi.org/10.25570/stri/10088/32990). The same taxonomic tables
 also appear online in a searchable and sortable format designed to let
 users explore the data easily
 (http://conditdatacenter.org/taxonomy/BCI/BCIPlotFullTaxonomy.php). That
 web site, however, is maintained by one of the PIs and is not guaranteed
 to be permanent, that is, after he retires from the project it will
 disappear. Taxonomy updated and several corrections: 12 November 2019.
   Please cite this archive as Condit R., Perez, R., Aguilar, S.,
 Lao, S., Foster, R., Hubbell, S.P. 2019. BCI 50-ha plot taxonomy, 2019
 version. References Croat, T.R. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island.
 Stanford University. Hubbell, S. P. and Foster, R. B. 1983. Diversity of
 canopy trees in a neotropical forest and implications for conservation.
 Pp. 25-41 in Tropical Rain Forest: Ecology and Management, Whitmore, T.,
 Chadwick, A., and Sutton, A. (Eds.). The British Ecological Society.
 Hubbell, S. P., Condit, R., and Foster, R. B. 1990. Presence and absence
 of density dependence in a Neotropical tree community. Philosophical
 Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
 Pages 269–281. pdf
 http://conditdatacenter.org/pdfs/HubbellConditFoster.PhilTrans1990.pdf
 Condit, R., Hubbell, S. P., and Foster, R. B. 1996. Changes in tree
 species abundance in a neotropical forest: impact of climate change.
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 http://conditdatacenter.org/pdfs/Condit_etal1996_JTropEcolpdf.pdf Condit,
 R., 1998. Tropical Forest Census Plots: Methods and Results from Barro
 Colorado Island, Panama and a Comparison with Other Plots.
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 Condit, R., Aguilar, S., Hernandez, A., Pérez, R., Lao, S., Angehr, G.,
 Hubbell, S., and Foster, R. 2004. Tropical forest dynamics across a
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 http://conditdatacenter.org/pdfs/Condit%20et%20al_2004_J.of%20Trop.Eco.pdf
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description: Table 1: All Species Names A tab-delimited
 ascii text table, Condit_FullBCITaxa.tsv, giving all 489 species names
 used in the BCI 50 ha plot through 2019. Columns in
 Table 1: All Species Names Latin: Latin
 name Status: Status of the given Latin name, either
 Obsolete or Accepted Current: The currently accepted
 Latin name for the given taxon, always differing from Latin if
 Status=Obsolete but matching if Status=Accepted
 Mnemonic: The six-letter mnemonic used for the taxon in the
 field and in R databases Family: Following (mostly)
 the angiosperm classification at
 http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ Authority:
 Taxonomic authority Notes: Notes about the taxon,
 mostly for species whose names have changed 
 Table 2: Currently Accepted Species Names A
 tab-delimited ascii text table, Condit_ValidBCITaxa.tsv, giving the 328
 species names currently in use in the BCI 50-ha plot (2019).
 Columns in Table 2: Currently Accepted Species Names
 Latin: Accepted Latin name
 Mnemonic: The six-letter mnemonic used for the taxon in the
 field and in R databases Family: Following (mostly)
 the angiosperm classification at
 http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ Authority:
 Taxonomic authority Notes: Notes about the taxon,
 mostly for species whose names have changed aka:
 Previous names for the taxon past code: Old
 abbreviations for the taxon Table 3:
 Taxon History A tab-delimited ascii text table,
 Condit_TaxaHistory.tsv, giving the taxonomic history of the 328 species in
 the plot since 1982. Columns in Table 3: Taxon
 History Family: Following (mostly) the
 angiosperm classification at
 http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/ Change:
 Asterisk for all names changed since the 1982 census
 Current: Name used in this archive Croat:
 Name in Croat Flora of BCI (1978) 1982: Name
 initially used in 50-ha census 1996: Name in Condit
 et al. (1996) 2004: Name in Condit et al.
 (2004) 2017: Name in use in 2017
 Other: Any other names used in between those years