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Table 4 Increase of the average success rate (SR) when identifying the genus and the misclassification is still in the correct family

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

Genus

SR (%)

SR at family level (%)

Increase (%)

Afzelia (\(<\)5, \(>\)13)

93.14

93.73

0.59

Albizia (\(<\)3, \(>\)4)

75.57

81.97

6.39

Amphimas (\(<\)2, \(>\)13)

90.45

93.64

3.18

Anthonotha (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

92.22

95.56

3.33

Antiaris (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

83.33

89.17

5.83

Brachystegia (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

84.52

94.84

10.32

Celtis (\(<\)1, \(>\)2)

89.38

91.88

2.50

Cynometra (\(<\)2, \(>\)13)

93.67

96.67

3.00

Entandrophragma (\(<\)4, \(>\)5)

90.23

94.02

3.79

Erythrophleum (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

92.86

100.00

7.14

Gilbertiodendron (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

93.89

97.78

3.89

Guibourtia (\(<\)2, \(>\)13)

93.79

95.52

1.72

Irvingia (\(<\)1, \(>\)2)

88.75

94.38

5.63

Khaya (\(<\)1, \(>\)5)

72.61

82.61

10.00

Leplaea (\(<\)3, \(>\)5)

85.76

86.78

1.02

Lovoa (\(<\)1, \(>\)5)

88.57

93.33

4.76

Nauclea (\(<\)1, \(>\)2)

69.23

72.31

3.08

Newtonia (\(<\)1, \(>\)4)

88.33

89.17

0.83

Piptadeniastrum (\(<\)1, \(>\)4)

86.96

94.35

7.39

Prioria (\(<\)2, \(>\)13)

94.80

96.20

1.40

Scorodophloeus (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

97.00

100.00

3.00

Tessmania (\(<\)1, \(>\)13)

83.89

90.00

6.11

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