Higher Plant Collections of the Lagos University Herbarium (LUH): Families A - Z

Occurrence
Version 1.3 published by University of Lagos on Jun 17, 2022 University of Lagos
Publication date:
17 June 2022
Published by:
University of Lagos
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CC-BY 4.0

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Description

This is a record of higher plant collections in the Lagos University Herbarium (LUH)

Data Records

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How to cite

Please be aware, this is an old version of the dataset.  Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Igbari A, Kemabonta K (2022): Higher Plant Collections of the Lagos University Herbarium (LUH): Families A - Z. v1.3. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=higher_plants_collections_of_luh_families_a&v=1.3

Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Lagos. 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: ae3c6bed-295c-40a1-98e9-94939e2dcf0f.  University of Lagos publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Temitope Onuminya
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
  • Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
23401 Akoka
Lagos
NG
+2347030241452
Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
  • Originator
Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany, University of Lagos
23401 Akoka
Lagos
NG
+2348023201618
Aramide Igbari
  • Originator
Lecturer
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
23401 Akoka
Lagos
NG
+234 812 087 8811
Kehinde Kemabonta
  • Originator
Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Zoology, University of Lagos
23401 Akoka
Lagos
NG

Geographic Coverage

The Lagos University Herbarium is located at the Department of Botany within the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-37.719, -116.719], North East [43.069, 54.141]

Taxonomic Coverage

The collection covers record of Higher Plants in the families A - Z.

Class Phaeophyceae, Pinopsida, Liliopsida, Polypodiopsida, Magnoliopsida
Family Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Sapindaceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Ericaceae, Bombacaceae, Apocynaaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1926-11-28 / 2021-10-16

Project Data

Mobilization of Vascular plants in the LUH

Title Expanding the visibility of the Lagos Herbarium through Digitization and Mobilization of Plant Specimen Data - BID-AF2020-009-INS
Identifier BID-AF2020-009-INS
Funding GBIF-BID Grant
Study Area Description The study is carried out in Lagos, Nigeria
Design Description Data was mobilized from preserved voucher specimens in the LUH.

The personnel involved in the project:

Collection Data

Collection Name Vascular plants of LUH
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed

Additional Metadata

Maintenance Description Taxonomic errors as well as geographic errors observed were corrected.
Alternative Identifiers ae3c6bed-295c-40a1-98e9-94939e2dcf0f
http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=higher_plants_collections_of_luh_families_a