A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Rivers State, Nigeria

Ayodele Oyedeji1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe2, Temitope Onuminya3, Ayodele Oyedeji4, Victor Oroleke5

1 Niger Delta University, Institute of Biodiversity, Climate Change & Watersheds, 23401, , Nigeria; 2 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria; 3 University of Lagos, Department Of Botany, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria; 4 Niger Delta University, Institute of Biodiversity, Climate Change & Watersheds, , Nigeria; 5 University of Lagos, DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, Faculty of Science, 23401, AKOKA, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Ayodele Oyedeji (ayodele.oyedeji@ndu.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng), Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)

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Resource Citation

Oyedeji A, Ogundipe O (2023): A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Rivers State, Nigeria. v1.0. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=floraandfaunaofrivers&v=1.0

Abstract

This is a checklist of Flora and Fauna in River state Nigeria

Keywords: Checklist, Plants, Animals, Rivers, Nigeria, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Ayodele Oyedeji, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Temitope Onuminya, Victor Oroleke
Funding: GBIF-BID
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Nigerian Coastal Environments

Data published through GBIF: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=floraandfaunaofrivers

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Areaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Caricaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Bignoniaceae, Lamiaceae, Rhizophoraceae, Combretaceae, Poaceae, Polypodiaceae, Pteridaceae, Urticaceae, Moraceae, Anacardiaceae, Rutaceae, Musaceae, Dennstaedtiaceae, Nephrolepidaceae, Myrtaceae, Malvaceae,  Euphorbiaceae, Phyllanthaceae, Irvingiaceae, Pontederiaceae,  Dilleniaceae, Fabaceae, Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae, Acanthaceae, Ardeidae, Cisticolidae, Corvidae, Hirundinidae, Mustelidae, Ploceidae, Potamididae, Psittacidae, Pycnonotidae, Pythonidae, Scolopacidae, Scopidae, Varanidae

Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta, Chordata, Mollusca
Class: Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida, Aves, Squamata, Mammalia, Gastropoda

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Collection was done in River state Nigeria
Coordinates: 4°20'27.36''N and 5°10'3.15''N Latitude; 6°14'24.84''E and 7°32'11.84''E Longitude 

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Flora and Fauna of Rivers State, Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=floraandfaunaofrivers
Publication date of data: 2023-04-01
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2023-04-01
Hierarchy level: Dataset