Author: Kehinde Kemabonta
Keywords: Checklist, Forbs, Herbs, Grasses, Trees, Wetland, Conservation, Mangrove, UNILAG, Flora, Inventoryregional

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

Temitope Onuminya^1, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe^2, Aramide Igbari^1, George Nodza^1

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

Corresponding author(s): Temitope Onuminya (tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng)Oluwatoyin Ogundipe (oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng)Aramide Igbari (aoshingboye@unilag.edu.ng)

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Resource Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Igbari A (2022): A Checklist of Plants Growing on the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos, Lagos,Nigeria. v1.0. University of Lagos. Dataset/Checklist. http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/resource?r=unilag_flora&v=1.0

Abstract

This is a checklist of the existing flora within the University of Lagos, Akoka Campus, Lagos, Nigeria.

Keywords: Checklist, Forbs, Herbs, Grasses, Trees, Wetland, Conservation, Mangrove, UNILAG, Flora, Inventoryregional

Project details

Project title: Expanding the visibility of the Lagos Herbarium through Digitization and Mobilization of Plant Specimen Data - BID-AF2020-009-INS
Personnel: Temitope Onuminya
Funding: GBIF-BID Grant
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The Project is domiciled at the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
Design description: Data was mobilized from preserved voucher specimens in the LUH.

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

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: 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.
Taxonomic ranks
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida, Liliopsida

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Samples were collected in various locations across the campus.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: March 1, 2013 - December 11, 2020

Methods

Method step description: Random sampling method was used.
Study extent description: The study was conducted within the University of Lagos Akoka
Sampling description: Samples were collected using quadrat, line transect or free walking method depending on the location.
Quality control description: Replicates were collected at each location using randomization.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive A Checklist of Plants Growing on the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos, Lagos,Nigeria
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt-nigeria.gbif.fr/archive.do?r=unilag_flora
Publication date of data: 2022-04-25
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2022-04-25
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
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.