RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F16%3A10330774" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/16:10330774 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.74.9723" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.74.9723</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.74.9723" target="_blank" >10.3897/phytokeys.74.9723</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions

Original language description

The tropical vegetation of Africa is characterized by high levels of species diversity but is undergoing important shifts in response to ongoing climate change and increasing anthropogenic pressures. Although our knowledge of plant species distribution patterns in the African tropics has been improving over the years, it remains limited. Here we present RAINBIO, a unique comprehensive mega-database of georeferenced records for vascular plants in continental tropical Africa. The geographic focus of the database is the region south of the Sahel and north of Southern Africa, and the majority of data originate from tropical forest regions. RAINBIO is a compilation of 13 datasets either publicly available or personal ones. Numerous in depth data quality checks, automatic and manual via several African flora experts, were undertaken for georeferencing, standardization of taxonomic names and identification and merging of duplicated records. The resulting RAINBIO data allows exploration and extraction of distribution data for 25,356 native tropical African vascular plant species, which represents ca. 89% of all known plant species in the area of interest. Habit information is also provided for 91% of these species.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EF - Botany

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

PhytoKeys

ISSN

1314-2011

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

neuveden

Issue of the periodical within the volume

74

Country of publishing house

BG - BULGARIA

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

1-18

UT code for WoS article

000388731000001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85000501050