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

Temitope Onuminya; Oluwatoyin Ogundipe; Aramide Igbari

doi:10.15468/nq3ev9

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

Citation

Onuminya T, Ogundipe O, Igbari A (2022). A Checklist of Plants Growing on the Akoka Campus of the University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria. Version 1.1. University of Lagos. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nq3ev9 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-04-23.

Description

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

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The study was conducted within the University of Lagos Akoka

Sampling

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

Quality Control

Replicates were collected at each location using randomization.

Method steps

Random sampling method was used.

Taxonomic Coverages

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.

Tracheophyta
rank: phylum
Magnoliopsida
rank: class
Liliopsida
rank: class

Geographic Coverages

Samples were collected in various locations across the campus.

Bibliographic Citations

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. -

Contacts

Temitope Onuminya
originator
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://www.unilag.edu.ng/botany
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en

Oluwatoyin Ogundipe
originator
position: Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany, University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +2348023201618
email: oogundipe@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://cebcem.unilag.edu.ng
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VWQwLZgAAAAJ&hl=en

Aramide Igbari
originator
position: Lecturer
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +234 812 087 8811
email: aoshingboye@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://www.unilag.edu.ng/botany
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=zaMTj7oAAAAJ

Temitope Onuminya
metadata author
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://www.unilag.edu.ng/botany
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en

Temitope Onuminya
principal investigator
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://www.unilag.edu.ng/botany
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en

George Nodza
author
position: Lecturer
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +2348028005129
email: gnodza@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://www.unilag.edu.ng/Botany

Temitope Onuminya
administrative point of contact
position: Associate Professor
University of Lagos
Department of Botany University of Lagos
Akoka
23401
Lagos
NG
Telephone: +2347030241452
email: tadeyemi@unilag.edu.ng
homepage: http://www.unilag.edu.ng/botany
userId: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RXZrUZIAAAAJ&hl=en