A Checklist of Plants Growing on the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria

Data Records

The data in this checklist 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 142 records.

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.

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How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Igbari A (2022): A Checklist of Plants Growing on the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. v1.1. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=unilag_flora&v=1.1

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: 165def70-7cec-4912-bc70-0ec654d0d05f.  University of Lagos publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Nigeria.

Keywords

Checklist; Forbs; Herbs; Grasses; Trees; Wetland; Conservation; Mangrove; UNILAG; Flora; Inventoryregional

Contacts

Geographic Coverage

Samples were collected in various locations across the campus.

Taxonomic Coverage

The collection includes herbaceous plants, climbers, forbs and trees belonging to the families Family Acanthaceae, Amaranthaceae, Anacardiaceae, Annonaceae, Apiaceae, Apocynaceae, Araliaceae, Araceae, Arecaceae, Aristolochiaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae, Cochlospermaceae, Cordiaceae, Boraginaceae, Burseraceae, Cactaceae, Caricaceae, Casuarinaceae, Celastraceae, Cleomaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Commelinaceae, Convolvulaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Cyperaceae, Cupressaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Ebenaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Lamiaceae, Loganiaceae, Loranthaceae, Lyhraceae, Malvaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Combretaceae, Sapindaceae, Maranthaceae, Melastomataceae, Moraceae, Myrtaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Ochnaceae, Orobanchaceae, Oxalidaceae, Papaveraceae, Martyniaceae, Rubiaceae, Pedaliacaeae, Phyllanthaceae, Onagraceae, Portulacaceae, Talinaceae, Rhamnaceae, Sapotaceae, Vitaceae, Verbenaceae, Asphodelaceae, Zingiberaceae, Zygophyllaceae amongst others.

Temporal Coverage

Project Data

This is a checklist of Plants growing within the University of Lagos, Akoka campus, Lagos, Nigeria.

The personnel involved in the project:

Sampling Methods

Samples were collected using quadrat, line transect or free walking method depending on the location.

Method step description:

1. Random sampling method was used.

Bibliographic Citations

1. Nodza, I. G., Onuminya, T.O. and Ogundipe, O.T. (2014). A Checklist of Tree Species Growing on Akoka Campus of University of Lagos, Nigeria. International Journal of Science, Environment and Technology 3(3):1021 – 1034. Nodza, G.I, Anthony, R.U., Onuminya, T.O. and Ogundipe, O.T. (2021). Floristic Studies on Herbaceous and Grass Species Growing in the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Tanzania Journal of Science 47(1): 80-90.

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