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The Cave biodiversity Database (CBG) accepts submissions of taxonomic data from the Georgian scientific community. CBG data stewards and other cooperating specialists in the systematics community submit and review data, and thereby enhance the scientific quality of CBG data. Data are reviewed and verified, and each scientific name is assigned a Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN), which is a unique and persistent identifier of scientific names of biological organisms within the CBG reference system.

CBG focuses resources on obtaining currently valid/accepted scientific biological names, but does accept synonyms. Data follow the international codes of nomenclature where applicable. The following data field groups are mandatory for submissions to CBG (omission of any may result in processing delays):

1. Scientific Name of the species
2. Author(s) of the scientific name
3. Rank of the scientific name
4. Usage (current standing: accepted/valid; not accepted/invalid)
5. Parent scientific name (mandatory if Scientific Name is accepted/valid)
6. Associated Accepted Name (mandatory if Scientific Name is not accepted/invalid)
7. Unacceptability Reason (mandatory if Scientific Name is not accepted/invalid)
8. Reference for scientific name
9. Vernaculars (common names)
10. Geographic/Distribution information
11. Jurisdiction information

For further information: contact us at info@cbg.iliauni.edu.ge or by telephone at 2 91 23 35

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