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Table 3 Increase of the average success rate (SR) when identifying the species and the misclassification is still in the correct genus or family

From: Automated classification of wood transverse cross-section micro-imagery from 77 commercial Central-African timber species

Species

SR (%)

SR at genus level (%)

Increase (%)

SR at family level (%)

Increase (%)

Afzelia africana (\(>\)5, \(\gg \)21)

90.00

99.09

9.09

99.09

9.09

Afzelia bella (\(>\)5, \(\gg \)21)

78.33

100.00

21.67

100.00

21.67

Afzelia bipindensis (\(>\)5, \(\gg \)21)

99.09

100.00

0.91

100.00

0.91

Afzelia cuanzensis(\(>\)5, \(\gg \)21)

92.22

100.00

7.78

100.00

7.78

Albizia adianthifolia (\(>\)3, \(\gg \)7)

73.64

78.18

4.55

89.09

15.45

Albizia antunesiana(\(>\)3, \(\gg \)7)

77.50

77.50

0.00

79.38

1.88

Albizia ferruginea (\(>\)3, \(\gg \)7)

77.83

78.70

0.87

80.87

3.04

Anthonotha macrophylla (\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

94.44

94.44

0.00

97.78

3.33

Antiaris toxicaria(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

82.50

82.50

0.00

90.83

8.33

Brachystegia laurentii(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

89.68

89.68

0.00

96.45

6.77

Celtis gomphophylla (\(>\)1, \(\gg \)2)

87.50

87.50

0.00

91.25

3.75

Chrysophyllum africanum (\(>\)2, \(\gg \)5)

78.57

80.00

1.43

80.00

1.43

Cynometra alexandri (\(>\)2, \(\gg \)21)

75.88

93.53

17.65

99.41

23.53

Cynometra hankei (\(>\)2, \(\gg \)21)

91.54

92.31

0.77

92.31

0.77

Ekebergia capensis (\(>\)1, \(\gg \)10)

87.27

87.27

0.00

88.18

0.91

Entandrophragma angolense (\(>\)4, \(\gg \)10)

79.62

88.08

8.46

89.62

10.00

Entandrophragma candollei(\(>\)4, \(\gg \)10)

97.33

100.00

2.67

100.00

2.67

Entandrophragma cylindricum (\(>\)4, \(\gg \)10)

83.81

86.19

2.38

98.10

14.29

Entandrophragma utile (\(>\)4, \(\gg \)10)

84.40

91.20

6.80

92.40

8.00

Erythrophleum suaveolens(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

93.57

93.57

0.00

99.29

5.71

Gilbertiodendron dewevrei(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

96.11

96.11

0.00

98.89

2.78

Guibourtia arnoldiana (\(>\)2, \(\gg \)21)

92.00

92.00

0.00

94.00

2.00

Hallea stipulosa (\(>\)1, \(\gg \)2)

80.71

80.71

0.00

81.07

0.36

Irvingia grandifolia(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)2)

89.38

89.38

0.00

95.63

6.25

Khaya anthotheca (\(>\)1, \(\gg \)10)

74.78

74.78

0.00

81.30

6.52

Leplaea laurentii(\(>\)3, \(\gg \)10)

75.00

80.77

5.77

81.92

6.92

Lovoa trichilioides(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)10)

88.10

88.10

0.00

93.33

5.24

Musanga cecropioides(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)4)

97.22

97.22

0.00

98.33

1.11

Nauclea diderrichii (\(>\)1, \(\gg \)2)

68.46

68.46

0.00

73.85

5.38

Newtonia leucocarpa(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)7)

96.67

96.67

0.00

97.50

0.83

Piptadeniastrum africanum(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)7)

86.09

86.09

0.00

93.48

7.39

Prioria balsamifera(\(>\)2, \(\gg \)21)

98.18

98.64

0.45

99.09

0.91

Prioria oxyphylla(\(>\)2, \(\gg \)21)

88.21

93.21

5.00

95.00

6.79

Pterocarpus soyauxii(\(>\)2, \(\gg \)4)

85.41

85.95

0.54

85.95

0.54

Scorodophleus zenkeri(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

98.00

98.00

0.00

100.00

2.00

Tessmannia africana(\(>\)1, \(\gg \)21)

87.78

87.78

0.00

94.44

6.67

  1. The number between parentheses preceded by \(>\) (one taxonomic level up) is the number of species in the same genus as the referred species. The number preceded by \(\gg \) (two taxonomic levels up) is the number of genera in the same family as the referred species