The evolution of Brazilian flora primary data available online and species described by Brazilian specialists.

<p>(A) Growth of the Virtual Herbarium from May 2003 to Feb 2015, showing the monthly average of online and georeferenced records; the orange line shows the evolution of the number of datasets. (B) Number of angiosperms species described by Brazilian (orange line) and foreign (grey line) scientists from 1990 to 2013.</p

Research infrastructure and biodiversity data usage in Brazil.

<p>(A) Distribution of Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) metropolitan networks (December 2014). (B) Distribution of <i>species</i>Link’s data providers (per institution) and amount of records shared (December 2014). (C) <i>species</i>Link data usage (sessions) across Brazil (2014). <i>Image credit</i>: <i>Eduardo G</i>. <i>Baena</i>.</p

Current descriptions of new species in Europe.

<p>New species described from Europe in 1998–2007, expressed as percentages of the total of 5,881 species. Taxa representing less than 1% of the total are grouped. For each taxon, the percentages described by non-professional taxonomists (red), professional taxonomists (blue) and taxonomists whose status was unknown (grey) are indicated in histograms. Y-axis range on all histograms is 0–70%.</p

Growth of the European taxonomic inventory.

<p>Cumulative number of valid species of European terrestrial and freshwater multicellular species since Linnaeus. A: All species. B: Birds, a virtually completely inventoried compartment of European biodiversity. C: Coleoptera, where the number of valid species has steadily increased and shows no sign of levelling. D: Acari, which remained neglected for two centuries, and are now exhibiting a high discovery rate. E: Platyhelminthes, where the impression of a saturated inventory could be due to a current lack of taxonomic workforce. F: Neuropterida orders, for which the rate of description is erratic and reflects bursts of activity by a handful of taxonomists.</p

Growth in European taxonomic inventory summary.

<p>Results of the segmented model fitted to the <i>Fauna Europaea</i> dataset: for each historical segment, estimates of the number of new species described per year and 95% confidence interval.</p