Plant species identification using digital morphometrics: A review

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7562-7573

  Cope, James S ^a   Corney, David ^b   Clark, Jonathan Y ^b   Remagnino, Paolo ^a   Wilkin, Paul ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flower; Image processing; Leaf; Morphometrics; Plant science; Shape analysis; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

FLOWER; LEAF; MORPHOMETRICS; PLANT SCIENCE; SHAPE ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; TAXONOMIES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

EID: 84857658510     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2012.01.073     Document Type: Review

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