Herbarium specimens held at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Temitope Onuminya1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe2, Linus Ajikah3, Patrick Akwaji4

1 University of Lagos, Department of Botany University of Lagos, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria; 2 University of Lagos, Department of Botany, University of Lagos, 23401, Akoka, Nigeria; 3 University of Witwatersrand, Evolutionary Studies Institute East Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa; 4 University of Calabar, Department of Botany, Calabar, Nigeria

Corresponding author(s): Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng)Linus Ajikah (linusajikah@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Ajikah L (2023): Herbarium specimens held at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. v1.5. University of Lagos. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=pes_herbarium_specimens&v=1.5

Abstract

This is a collection of preserved herbarium specimen held at the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria.

Keywords: Occurrence, Plant Specimen

Project details

Project title: Implementation of the Biodiversity Information and data System for Coastal Ecosystems in Nigeria - BID-AF2020-022-NAC
Personnel: Linus Ajikah, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Temitope Onuminya, Patrick Akwaji
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Cross river is located in the South-Southern Nigeria along the coast.
Design description: Data was mobilized from preserved herbarium voucher specimens within the University of Calabar Herbarium, Cross River State.

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: This covers mainly higher plants in the Division Tracheophyta.
Taxonomic ranks
Family: Basellaceae, Bignoniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Begoniaceae, Bixallaceae, Cleomaceae, Burseraceae, Commelinaceae, Combretaceae, Cyperaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Convulvulaceae, Dioscoreaceae, Fabaceae, Phyllanthaceae

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The Herbarium is located at the University of Calabar, Cross River state.
Coordinates: 4°45'46.8''N and 5°12'39.6''N Latitude; 7°57'54''E and 8°39'46.8''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: February 2, 1980 - August 10, 2018

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Herbarium specimens held at the University of Calabar, Cross River 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=pes_herbarium_specimens
Publication date of data: 2023-03-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-01-31
Hierarchy level: Dataset