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Development of a system for the automated identification of herbarium specimens with high accuracy

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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -

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NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11450-y

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  1. SEI Group of the CSR Foundation
  2. JSPS Kakenhi [21K06307, ,19K06832, 18H04146]
  3. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [19K06832, 18H04146, 21K06307] Funding Source: KAKEN

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Herbarium specimens are crucial for studying plant morphology and distribution. Digitised specimens have the potential to address broader research issues. A study developed an accurate image recognition system for identifying taxon names, which can be applied globally and help correct misidentified herbarium specimens.
Herbarium specimens are dried plants mounted onto paper. They are used by a limited number of researchers, such as plant taxonomists, as a source of information on morphology and distribution. Recently, digitised herbarium specimens have begun to be used in comprehensive research to address broader issues. However, some specimens have been misidentified, and if used, there is a risk of drawing incorrect conclusions. In this study, we successfully developed a system for identifying taxon names with high accuracy using an image recognition system. We developed a system with an accuracy of 96.4% using 500,554 specimen images of 2171 plant taxa (2064 species, 9 subspecies, 88 varieties, and 10 forms in 192 families) that grow in Japan. We clarified where the artificial intelligence is looking to make decisions, and which taxa is being misidentified. As the system can be applied to digitalised images worldwide, it is useful for selecting and correcting misidentified herbarium specimens.

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