Applications of Natural Language Processing in Biodiversity Science

Table 1

From Tang and Heidorn [13]. An example template for morphological character extraction.

Template slots	Extracted information
Genus	Pellaea
Species	mucronata
Distribution	Nev. Calif.
Leaf shape	ovate-deltate
Leaf margin	dentate
Leaf apex	mucronate
Leaf base
Leaf arrangement	clustered
Blade dimension
Leaf color
Fruit/nut shape