From Alex Borisenko FYI

About 82% of species listed in GISD have a match in the BOLD database. Many of these species are represented from several countries across their current ranges. Please note that this estimate is conservative because, as a first pass, I was only looking at strict syntax matches. Thus, a single typo or nomenclature discrepancy would turn up a mismatch. IF we do some taxonomic data cleansing and resolving of synonymy, I am sure this percentage will rise further. The COI sequence coverage is at 37% but this is because many invasive species are plants, and we use a different set of DNA barcode markers for them. I cannot get summary statistics for matK and rbcL as easily. If your list could be parsed by animals and plants, I should be able to get more accurate stats.

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