Changes

What changed in Botánica, release by release. Generated from CHANGELOG.md and this repo’s git tags.

3.1.0

2026-09-25

The intro now mixes the atlas's own figures with cited facts from the research dossier (megadiversity, altitude range, protected areas, epiphytes, undescribed Amazonian trees), and shows the Red Book's 27.9 % endemism beside the atlas's 34.9 % with the reason they differ. Every number links to its source.
A timeline from 1777 (Ruiz, Pavón and Dombey) to 2026, with cited historical milestones and milestones computed from the checklist.
ROADMAP.md, the expansion plan, one country per version.
A sentence above the explorer that reads every active filter in plain language and gives the result count; each part can be removed on its own.
When a combination returns nothing, the explorer lists what removing each filter would return.
Every chart says that it ignores its own filter, and panels that changed flash briefly.
The map legend says when its scale is rescaled to the filtered maximum.
A tour step that explains how filters work together.
A zoomable sunburst in the taxonomy tree (click to zoom, breadcrumb to go back), and an optional 3D view on capable devices, loaded only when chosen.
The species page lists every species with virtual scrolling, in a list or a grid, with sort options and filters for endemic species, department and family.
The species panel now has a small department map, the species' place on the year-described timeline, other species of the same genus, and links to IPNI, GBIF and POWO.

The taxonomy tree opens in the linear view, and its introduction names the clades.
The tree, the orders list and the species-per-department bars fit in one screen at 1440×900.
The department panel's top families come from the same filtered species as its count.
The species page introduction follows the Plants/Fungi toggle.

2026-09-24View tag

An intro screen on / and /es/: 8–10 facts about Peru's flora and fungi, each a number computed from the atlas's own data with a link back to its source, plus a short timeline of milestones and a plain-language note on how the atlas works (checklist vs. records).
A "how to read this" line, a legend with units, and a source line (dataset + DOI/version) on every chart: map, families, origin, growth form, years, and the taxonomy tree.
Nine growth-form groups (tree, shrub, herb, geophyte, climber, epiphyte, succulent, aquatic, parasite, plus other) mapped from the checklist's raw lifeform text, shown as a filterable facet with the original wording kept as a tooltip.
Intermediate clades in the taxonomy tree for plants (lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms, monocots, eudicots, and their sub-groups) and phylum → class for fungi.
Fullscreen, zoom in/out/reset, and expand-all/collapse-all controls on the taxonomy tree.
Zoom (buttons, wheel, pinch) and pan (drag) on the department map, plus a fullscreen view and a legend with a dedicated "no records" swatch.
A changelog page at /cambios/ and /es/cambios/, generated at build time from this file and from git tags, linking each version to its commit or tag on GitHub.

Tightened the one-glance explorer layout: at 1440×900, the map, KPIs, families and origin panels now fit within 900 px of the explorer section, with growth form and years below.
The department KPI now reads "species with GBIF records in <department>" and explains, next to the number, that species counts come from the checklist crossed with GBIF records (for example, Loreto: 7,905 → 5,821), matching what the map already showed since v2.
The header's language and theme controls now show an icon, visible text and a label together, and still fit at 360 px wide.
The species drawer states each species' taxonomy path, status, year described (linking the original description) and departments, with an empty slot reserved for photos in a later release.

Clicking a group in the taxonomy list now correctly highlights, expands and centers that branch in the tree (it previously could point at the wrong node).
Links with a department (?dep=) no longer shift the explorer while web fonts load.

2026-09-24View tag

A fully explorable atlas: click a department, a family, a growth form, an origin or a decade and every view on the page updates together, with the choice kept in the shareable URL.
A build-time SVG map of Peru's departments on the home page, replacing the earlier chart library there for a lighter, more accessible first screen.
Search that opens a species drawer with its details, and a taxonomy tree that filters the rest of the explorer when a group is selected.
A years brush with a "play" control to watch species accumulate over time, decade by decade.
A Plantae ↔ Fungi kingdom switch, with fungi-specific caveats shown where the data is thin.
An opening tour on each page, and full English/Spanish translations (English at the root, Spanish under /es/).
Self-hosted fonts (no external font requests) and a lighter home page (LCP under 2 seconds on mobile).

Numbers, layout and interaction were rebuilt for mobile: 360 px wide with no horizontal overflow, touch targets sized for fingers, and pages that stay fast on a mid-range phone.

2026-09-22View tag

First public release: a static atlas of the plant and fungus species recorded in Peru, built from WCVP (Kew) and GBIF open data.
A species finder at /especies/ with client-side search over more than 23,000 species.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) documentation and a verified, reproducible data pipeline.