Description
This is a record of higher plant collections in the Lagos University Herbarium (LUH)
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 8,092 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
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. v1.5. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=higher_plants_collections_of_luh_families_a&v=1.5
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
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
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact ●
- Principal Investigator
- Associate Professor
- Department of Botany University of Lagos
- +2347030241452
- Editor
- Professor
- Department of Botany, University of Lagos
- +2348023201618
- Originator
- Lecturer
- Department of Botany University of Lagos
- +234 812 087 8811
- Originator
- Professor
- Department of Zoology, University of Lagos
- Editor
- Professor
- Processor
- Technical Assistant
- DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, Faculty of Science
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] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The collection covers record of Higher Plants in the phylum Tracheophyta.
Class | Phaeophyceae, Pinopsida, Liliopsida, Polypodiopsida, Magnoliopsida |
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Family | Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Sapindaceae, Lamiaceae, Fabaceae, Ericaceae, Bombacaceae, Apocynaaceae |
Temporal Coverage
Start Date / End Date | 1926-11-28 / 2022-05-27 |
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Project Data
Mobilization of Vascular plants in the Lagos University Herbarium
Title | Expanding the visibility of the Lagos Herbarium through Digitization and Mobilization of Plant Specimen Data |
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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:
- Processor
- Curator
Collection Data
Collection Name | Vascular plants of LUH |
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Specimen preservation methods | Dried and pressed |
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Additional Metadata
Maintenance Description | Taxonomic errors as well as geographic errors observed were corrected. |
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Alternative Identifiers | ae3c6bed-295c-40a1-98e9-94939e2dcf0f |
https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=higher_plants_collections_of_luh_families_a |