5. Match up to

With the "Match up to" drop-down list you can define to what level in the classification you want to match your list with. For example if your taxon list includes columns for higher ranks such as Class, Order, Family, Genus etc. you can include these in the match query. In this way you can verify your own classification.

If you only have one column with taxon names, so no classification, then you indicate match up to "ScientificName".

When the taxon name has a homonym, you will be able to choose the right one from a pick list. To avoid ambiguous matches with homonyms in the first place, you can limit your match query to a particular higher taxon, e.g. only within Porifera, Copepoda, etc.. Enter the first characters of the taxon name and use the pick-list.