Flag for Taxon: New Zealand sow thistle (Sonchus kirkii)
| Flagger | Content Author | Content | Reason | Flag Created | Resolved by | Resolution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bouteloua | New Zealand sow thistle (Sonchus kirkii) |
overconfident computer vision suggestion |
May. 12, 2020 23:25:42 +0000 | bouteloua |
see ID link |
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Welcome to the world where few species are on AI in a region, but there are good records elsewhere in the world.
What else can one expect from naive users?
I am wondering if the AI (computer vision) should only be done for species with an Atlas. Then the computer vision can flag identifications out of known range -warning users to double check the ID.
[[[[and perhaps offer the viewer the option of marking it as planted/captive (which iNaturalist should not do automatically without at least a warning, as it sometimes does), or create a flag on the atlas that it needs to be revised. ]]]
But I have no idea what proportion of species actually have an atlas ...
I have corrected the identification of many wrong observations, but I have not checked any individuals from NZ that are also easily confused with invasive Sonchus species. Please leave the flag open because the Computer Vision AI might still suggest Sonchus kirkii for plants all over the world...
I reviewed each observation outside NZ, and also added the "endemic to New Zealand establishment means". Also in POWO is said that is only found on Chatham Islands, you have any literature that says that it extended to NZ? Or is it a POWO error?
Currently 117 observations outside of its known distribution:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?not_in_place=6803&quality_grade=research,needs_id&taxon_id=406087