Gabon Vascular Plant Occurrences

Occurrence Specimen
Latest version published by Herbier National du Gabon on Jun 2, 2023 Herbier National du Gabon
Publication date:
2 June 2023
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Description

The occurrence Gabon BIDAF2020194USE dataset contains occurrence from Gabon. These occurrences are from the herbarium collections. These collections are numerous, and because of many botanical field visits, this results in piles of unmounted collections in which many species new to science are discovered each year. This demonstrates the need to conserve these collections, which will help facilitate access to specimens and their associated data. The National Herbarium of Gabon, through the BID-AF2020-194-USE project, has enabled data mobilization of these collections. This mobilization concerns the mounting of the specimens and their insertion in the collection cabinets. The occurrences recorded from these collections are the subject of this publication

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 7,981 records.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Bissiengou P, Mboma R, Mba Nzuè M-T, Engone Obiang NL (2023): Occurrences of Gabon vascular plants. v1.4. Herbier National du Gabon. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-gabon.gbif.fr/resource?r=ga_occurrence&v=1.4

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Herbier National du Gabon. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 44d6b38d-af49-470a-b03c-438b636d947b.  Herbier National du Gabon publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Participant Node Managers Committee.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Pulcherie Bissiengou
  • Metadata Provider ●
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
Herbier National du Gabon
  • Rue Bana Ba Kengue, Haut de Guégué
BP 1156 Libreville
Estuaire
GA
  • +24166042163
Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
Herbier National du Gabon
  • Arboratum de Sibang BP 1156
BP 1156 Libreville
Estuaire
GA
  • +24162461946
Raymonde Mboma
  • Originator ●
  • Point Of Contact
  • Researcher
Institut de Recherche en Ecologie Tropicale (IRET)
  • BP13354
Libreville
Estuaire
GA
  • +24162045797
Mba Nzué Martial T
  • Originator
  • Researcher
IPHAMETRA
  • Arboratum de Sibang BP 1156
Libreville
Estuaire
GA
  • +24177900793
Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang
  • Point Of Contact
  • Directeur adjoint
IPHAMETRA
  • Arboratum de Sibang
BP 1156 Libreville
Estuaire
GA
  • +24162461946
Nestor ENGONE OBIANG
  • User

Geographic Coverage

Gabon, all areas

Bounding Coordinates South West [-4.062, 8.481], North East [10.833, 16.084]

Taxonomic Coverage

All vascular plants identified at the species rank are spread in 234 families, 1241 genus and 3110 species.

Family Acanthaceae, Achariaceae, Adiantaceae, Alismataceae, Amaranthaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Anacardiaceae, Anagraceae, Ancistrocladaceae, Anisophylleaceae, Anisophylleaceae, Annonaceae, Annonaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Arecaceae, Arecaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Arthropteridaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Asparagaceae, Aspleniaceae, Asteraceae, Athyriaceae, Balanophoraceae, Balsaminaceae, Balsaminaceae, Basellaceae, Begoniaceae, "Begoniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bignoniaceae, Bixaceae, Boraginaceae, Burmanniaceae, Burseraceae, Cactaceae, Calophyllaceae, Calophyllaceae, Cannabaceae, Cannaceae, Capparaceae, Cardiopteridaceae, Caricaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Celastraceae, Centroplacaceae, Ceratophyllaceae, Chrysobalanaceae, Cleomaceae, Clusiaceae, Clusiaceae, Colchicaceae, Combretaceae, Commaraceae, Commelinaceae, "Commelinaceae, Compositae, Connaraceae, Connaraceae, Convolvulaceae, Cordiaceae, Costaceae, Costaceae, Coulaceae, Ctenolophonaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Cyatheaceae, Cyperaceae, Cyperaceae, Davalliaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Dichapetalaceae, Dilleniaceae, Dioncophyllaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Droseraceae, Dryopteridaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Ebenaceae, Ebenaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Erythroxylaceae, Erytroxylaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Euphorbiaceae, "Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Fabaceae, "Fabaceae, Francoaceae, Gelsemiaceae, Gelsemiaceae, Gentianaceae, Gentianaceae, Gesneriaceae, Gnetaceae, Gnetaceae, Haloragaceae, Heliotropiaceae, Huaceae, Huaceae, Humiriaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Hydroleaceae, Hymenophyllaceae, Hymenophyllaceae, HypE.aceae, Hypericaceae, Hypericaceae, Hypoxidaceae, Icacinaceae, Iridaceae, Irvingiaceae, Irvingiaceae, Ixonanthaceae, Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Lauraceae, Lecythidaceae, Lecythidaceae, "Lecythidaceae, Lentibulariaceae, Linaceae, Linderniaceae, Loganiaceae, "Lomariopsidaceae, Loranthaceae, Malpighiaceae, Malvaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Marattiaceae, Melastomataceae, Meliaceae, Menispermaceae, Menyanthaceae, Metteniusaceae, Metteniusaceae, Moraceae, Myristicaceae, Myristicaceae, Myrtaceae, Myrtaceae, Nephrolepidaceae, Nymphaeaceae, Ochnaceae, Ochnaceae, Octoknemaceae, Olacaceae, Oleaceae, Oleandraceae, Onagraceae, Opiliaceae, Orchidaceae, Orchidaceae, Orobanchaceae, Orobanchaceae, Oxalidaceae, Oxalidaceae, Pandaceae, Passifloraceae, Pedaliaceae, Pentadiplandraceae, Peraceae, Peraceae, Peridiscaceae, Petiveriaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Picrodendraceae, Piperaceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Poaceae, Podostemaceae, Polygalaceae, Polygonaceae, Polypodiaceae, Pontederiaceae, Primulaceae, Pteridaceae, Putranjivaceae, Rhamnaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Rubiaceae, Rubiaceae, "Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Salicaceae, Salicaceae, Salviniaceae, Santalaceae, Sapindaceae, "Sapindaceae, Sapotaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Simaroubaceae, Siparunaceae, Smilacaceae, Solanaceae, Stemonuraceae, Stemonuraceae, Tecophilaeaceae, Tectariaceae, Theaceae, Thelypteridacea, Thomandersiaceae, Thymelaeaceae, Triuridaceae, Typhaceae, Urticaceae, Urticaceae, Verbenaceae, Verbenaceae, Violaceae, Vitaceae, Vitaceae, Xonanthaceae, Xyridaceae, Zingiberaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 2000-01-01 / 2021-12-31

Project Data

Gabonese biodiversity data are housed in several institutions and their availability is often problematic. To best support decision-makers and data users, data must be reliable and deliverable in appropriate formats. This requires a centralized, effective and easy-to-access database. In most African countries the few databases that exist are underused. For instance, specimen data are exploited by researchers only when they are planning field trips. As strategies to transmit relevant information on plant biodiversity to decision-makers are deficient, this project aims to mobilize biodiversity data and categorize them according to their utilization by local populations, their importance in conservation and their commercial use, in order to support their integration into policy and decision-making processes.

Title Mobilization and use of botanical data as decision-making tools in Gabon
Identifier BID-AF2020-194-USE
Funding JRS Biodiversity foundation

The personnel involved in the project:

Nestor Laurier Engone Obiang
  • Publisher

Sampling Methods

No Description available

Method step description:

  1. The occurrences come from collections of many botanical harvests carried out by the team of the Gabon National Herbarium and the partners through several research projects. Samples are then mounted, digitized, inserted and stored in the herbarium cabinets.

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 44d6b38d-af49-470a-b03c-438b636d947b
https://ipt-gabon.gbif.fr/resource?r=ga_occurrence