Django backend to synthesize floristic data from several sources:

• SEINet (https://swbiodiversity.org)
• iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org)
• Locally generated checklists

Manages synonyms, taxonomic names and other identifiers, collection dates, and provides an API.

Importing checklists

Use the manage.py add_new_checklist command to create a new checklist from one of these sources.

Local checklists from files

Local flora data can be provided as a list in JSON format with the following fields:

• checklist_taxon_name: the taxon name as it appears in the checklist
• checklist_taxon_family: the taxon family as it appears in the checklist
• external_id (optional): an external ID for the record
• observation_type (optional): One of present, missing, suspected, or unknown.
• mapped_taxon_name (optional): A canonical taxon for the checklist record
• note (optional): any note for the taxon