Rare, relict, range-limited, and problematic plant taxa in the Ukrainian Carpathians and adjacent territories
Citation
Novikov A (2023). Rare, relict, range-limited, and problematic plant taxa in the Ukrainian Carpathians and adjacent territories. Version 1.2. State Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/9y2my2 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-23.Description
This dataset contains data on the distribution of rare, relict, and taxa occurring on limits of their natural range in the Ukrainian Carpathians and adjacent territories. It also contains data on the distribution of plant taxa from the problematic and voluminous genera occurring in the Ukrainian Carpathians and other parts of Ukraine. Such genera are Rosa, Alchemilla, Hieracium, Taraxacum, Pilosella, Crepis, Leontodon, Senecio, Centaurea, Cirsium, Dianthus, Euphorbia, Euphrasia, Galium, Viola, Myosotis, Veronica, Festuca, and Poa. The data represented in this dataset are parsed from the specimens hosted at the herbarium of the State Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine (LWS).Purpose
The dataset has been created to fulfill the data gap on the distribution of plants in the Ukrainian Carpathians. It is one of the steps to digitize the herbarium LWS.Sampling Description
Study Extent
The study mainly covered the plants occurring in the Ukrainian Carpathians but also involved species and intraspecific taxa represented in other parts of Ukraine, including Crimea. Analyzed herbarium specimens were collected between 1829-2021 and currently are hosted at the LWS herbarium of the State Museum of Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine. The study has been realized during 2023.Sampling
The specimens of vascular plants deposited at the herbarium LWS were selected using the preliminary created nomenclatural checklist. After that, the photos of their labels were made and data from these photos were databased.Quality Control
The data were checked manually using MS Excel and then additionally checked using OpenRefine softwareMethod steps
- Initially, we created the nomenclatural checklist containing 530 species and infraspecific plant taxa listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, IUCN Red List, mentioned as relict or occurring in Ukraine in the limit of their natural range. After that, this checklist was cross-checked and verified using the POWO and Plants of the World databases and supported by current taxonomy. After that herbarium herbarium specimens of the LWS were selected using this checklist (including valid names and synonyms), and their labels were photo-captured. The data from captured labels were databased, cleaned and then georeferenced using OpenStreetMap. Later the initial database was completed with the data on the distribution of taxa from the problematic and voluminous genera occurring in the Ukrainian Carpathians and the rest of Ukraine. This taxa were not limited to the Ukrainian Carpathians because due to their problematic taxonomy, it is complicated to estimate their range limits and spatial distribution. But they still represent a special interest in biogeographical investigations.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Plantaerank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
The dataset is mostly focused on the Ukrainian Carpathians but also contains data from other parts of Ukraine.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Andriy Novikovoriginator
position: senior research scientist
State Museum of the Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine
Teatralna str. 18
Lviv
79008
UA
email: novikoffav@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.smnh.org/ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-5070
Andriy Novikov
metadata author
position: senior research scientist
State Museum of the Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine
Teatralna str. 18
Lviv
79008
UA
email: novikoffav@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.smnh.org/ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-5070
Andriy Novikov
user
position: senior research scientist
State Museum of the Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine
Teatralna str. 18
Lviv
79008
UA
email: novikoffav@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.smnh.org/ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-5070
Andriy Novikov
administrative point of contact
position: senior research scientist
State Museum of the Natural History of the NAS of Ukraine
Teatralna str. 18
Lviv
79008
UA
email: novikoffav@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.smnh.org/ua/
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0112-5070