Taxonomy and identity context
Genus, species, synonym, and source-name context may come from GBIF, LLIFLE, and Cactus Index review. These labels help collectors understand what plant identity is being discussed.
Data use
How market signals become useful without pretending they are perfect.
Cactus Index combines taxonomy context, seller listings, reviewed observations, and private collection tools. The goal is fairer collector decisions, not a black-box price oracle.
Market and listing data
Seller listings, public source checks, availability notes, and price ranges are used to show fair ranges, active supply, and market depth. Stale, backorder, suspicious, or low-confidence rows should be labeled or kept out of medians.
Community price observations
User-submitted price checks can help identify real-world comps, regional differences, and missing markets. Submissions may be reviewed before they affect public market signals.
Private collection data
Owned plants, grails, saved markets, provenance notes, and collection value are account features. They are used to power your private board and alerts, not to publish your collection by default.
Analytics and product health
Launch analytics may track route views, search behavior, signup steps, request-market submissions, price-check usage, and errors so the product can be improved and kept reliable.