The checklist of alien seed plants of D.R. Congo, based on evidence from herbarium collections
Citation
Meerts P, Bordbar F, Reyserhove L (2022). The checklist of alien seed plants of D.R. Congo, based on evidence from herbarium collections. Meise Botanic Garden. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/p8edza accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-09-01.Description
The “checklist of alien seed plants of D.R. Congo, based on evidence from herbarium collections” is a species checklist dataset published by the Botanic Garden Meise. It contains information on 436 alien plant species occurring in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based on evidence from herbarium collections (Bordar & Meerts 2022). The plant species were registered between 1869 and 2017. Here it is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each species: the scientific name, kingdom, family and stable taxon identifier (in the taxon core), the year of first introduction and last assessment in Congo and the degree of establishment (in the distribution extension) and the native range and life form (in the description extension). Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/alien-csi/alien-flora-congo-checklist/issues.
We have released this dataset to the public domain under a Creative Commons Zero waiver. We would appreciate it if you follow the INBO norms for data use (https://www.inbo.be/en/norms-data-use) when using the data. If you have any questions regarding this dataset, don't hesitate to contact us via the contact information provided in the metadata or via opendata@inbo.be.
Sampling Description
Study Extent
Alien seed plant species occurring outside of cultivation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with at least one record in scientific collections (1869--2019).Sampling
A first list has been compiled from extensive literature search, and other databases. All entries in this list have been checked for presence in herbarium collections, and all identifications have been checked on herbarium specimens. Species collected only in cultivation (based on herbarium specimen labels) have been filtered out. For further details on methodology, see Bordbar & Meerts (2022).Quality Control
The data is based on material evidence in herbarium collections.Method steps
- The source data for this standardized sampling event dataset is published as supplementary materials to Bordar & Meerts (2022) and is uploaded to the Github repository of this dataset: https://github.com/alien-csi/alien-flora-congo-checklist/tree/main/data/raw
- An Rmarkdown script was developed to transform the data to a Darwin Core dataset. This mapping script was uploaded to the Github repository https://github.com/alien-csi/alien-flora-congo-checklist/tree/main/src and includes the following steps:
- Perform some basic cleaning of the raw data.
- Generate stable and unique identifiers for each taxon (taxonID).
- Create a taxon core file (https://rs.gbif.org/core/dwc_taxon_2022-02-02.xml).
- Create a distribution extension (https://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/distribution_2022-02-02.xml).
- Create a description extension (https://rs.gbif.org/extension/gbif/1.0/description.xml).
Taxonomic Coverages
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Plantaecommon name: plants rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
- Bordbar F. & Meerts P. (2022) in Biological Invasions 24(4): 939-954. - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02691-5
Contacts
Pierre Meertsoriginator
Botanic Garden Meise
BE
email: pierre.meerts@plantentuinmeise.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-027X
Farzaneh Bordbar
originator
University of Brussels
BE
email: farzaneh.bordbar@gmail.com
Lien Reyserhove
originator
Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)
email: lien.reyserhove@inbo.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7484-9267
Pierre Meerts
metadata author
Botanic Garden Meise
BE
email: pierre.meerts@plantentuinmeise.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-027X
Lien Reyershove
user
email: lien.reyserhove@inbo.be
Pierre Meerts
administrative point of contact
Botanic Garden Meise
BE
email: pierre.meerts@plantentuinmeise.be
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4215-027X