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Table 5 Vernacular Query terms.

From: Improved data retrieval from TreeBASE via taxonomic and linguistic data enrichment

Query

TCl-Db Query

TreeBASE alone

TCl-Db with TreeBase

maple

Acer

0

7

primates

primata

2

3

pine

Pinus brutia

0

2

pine

Pinus

0

7

eubacteria

Bacteria

0

2

mouse

Mus musculus

0

28

birds

Aves

0

8

dog

Canis familiaris

0

19

mammals

Mammalia

0

12

human

Homo sapiens

0

52

elm

Ulmus

0

2

Acacia

Parkinsonia aculeata

0

2

Acacia

Acacia ampliceps

0

2

Acacia

Robinia pseudoacacia

0

10

yeast

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

0

70

  1. The most common vernacular queries with Latin names and the number of trees found for each query.