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Flora species from the Sectoral Plan of the Natura 2000 (Polygons)

Dataset homepage

Citation

Araújo G, Neves T (2021). Flora species from the Sectoral Plan of the Natura 2000 (Polygons). ICNF - Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gkpthb accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-09.

Description

The publication of this document is related to the implementation of the Sectoral Plan of the Natura 2000 Network (PSRN2000). The PSRN2000 is an instrument of territorial management, which aims to keep species and habitats in a favorable conservation status and to safeguard and enhance the value of Special Protection Areas (SPA) and Sites of Community Importance (SCI) of the continental territory. In essence, it is an instrument to manage biodiversity. It is a Plan created at a macro-scale (1:100 000) for the continental territory, which characterizes natural and semi-natural habitats as well as the fauna and flora species present in SCIs and SPAs. It also defines strategical guidelines to manage the territory under these areas, taking into account the natural assets present in them. PSRN2000 links Public Entities, offering strategical guidelines and norms for the Local and Central Administration. It falls under the Article 8.º from the Decree-Law n.º 140/99, of 24 April, as amended by Decree-Law n.º 49/2005 of 24/4, having been approved in 2008, with the publication of the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers n.º 115-A/2008, of 21 July. The present data is a function of the type of information available for each of the species, specifically with regards to the mapping scale and the degree of geographical coverage. It contains occurrence data for flora belonging to 3 phyla, 5 classes, 18 orders, 26 families, 49 genera and 73 species.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

The geographic area considered for the original study was Portugal Mainland.

Sampling

The cartography for the PSRN2000 originated from a systematization, to the scale of 1:100 000, of the cartographic information available in various formats (polygons, lines, dots and grids) and mapping scales, which resulted some simplifications and generalizations.

Quality Control

All initial data was inserted in a specific relational database built specifically for the project, which implemented several quality control methods. In the preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication, data consistency was verified using cluster algorithms using OpenRefine.

Method steps

  1. Preparation of the dataset for GBIF publication used as source the geographic layer in shapefile format. The data layer was a vector layer containing polygons with various sizes. The following steps were performed: - conversion of the spatial layer to geographic coordinates using WGS84 as reference system; - determined the centroids of the polygons; - used the centroids to determine the locations based on the Carta Administrativa Oficial de Portugal 2020 (CAOP2020) and OpenStreetMaps; - determined WKT for the polygons; - calculated the coordinate precision based on the distance of the centroid to the farthest point of the polygon that originated it; - exported to csv and reinterpreted attributes matching to DwC standard terms.

Taxonomic Coverages

This dataset contains occurrence data for flora belonging to 3 phyla, 5 classes, 18 orders, 26 families, 49 genera and 73 species.
  1. Plantae
    rank: kingdom
  2. Bryophyta
    rank: phylum
  3. Marchantiophyta
    rank: phylum
  4. Tracheophyta
    rank: phylum
  5. Bryopsida
    rank: class
  6. Jungermanniopsida
    rank: class
  7. Liliopsida
    rank: class
  8. Magnoliopsida
    rank: class
  9. Polypodiopsida
    rank: class
  10. Apiales
    rank: order
  11. Asparagales
    rank: order
  12. Asterales
    rank: order
  13. Boraginales
    rank: order
  14. Brassicales
    rank: order
  15. Caryophyllales
    rank: order
  16. Cyatheales
    rank: order
  17. Dicranales
    rank: order
  18. Fabales
    rank: order
  19. Hymenophyllales
    rank: order
  20. Jungermanniales
    rank: order
  21. Lamiales
    rank: order
  22. Malpighiales
    rank: order
  23. Malvales
    rank: order
  24. Poales
    rank: order
  25. Polypodiales
    rank: order
  26. Salviniales
    rank: order
  27. Solanales
    rank: order
  28. Amaryllidaceae
    rank: family
  29. Apiaceae
    rank: family
  30. Asparagaceae
    rank: family
  31. Asphodelaceae
    rank: family
  32. Asteraceae
    rank: family
  33. Blechnaceae
    rank: family
  34. Boraginaceae
    rank: family
  35. Brassicaceae
    rank: family
  36. Bruchiaceae
    rank: family
  37. Campanulaceae
    rank: family
  38. Caryophyllaceae
    rank: family
  39. Cistaceae
    rank: family
  40. Convolvulaceae
    rank: family
  41. Culcitaceae
    rank: family
  42. Euphorbiaceae
    rank: family
  43. Fabaceae
    rank: family
  44. Gymnomitriaceae
    rank: family
  45. Hymenophyllaceae
    rank: family
  46. Juncaceae
    rank: family
  47. Lamiaceae
    rank: family
  48. Marsileaceae
    rank: family
  49. Plantaginaceae
    rank: family
  50. Plumbaginaceae
    rank: family
  51. Poaceae
    rank: family
  52. Salicaceae
    rank: family
  53. Scrophulariaceae
    rank: family
  54. Arabis
    rank: genus
  55. Armeria
    rank: genus
  56. Asphodelus
    rank: genus
  57. Avenula
    rank: genus
  58. Biscutella
    rank: genus
  59. Bruchia
    rank: genus
  60. Centaurea
    rank: genus
  61. Chaenorhinum
    rank: genus
  62. Cistus
    rank: genus
  63. Coincya
    rank: genus
  64. Convolvulus
    rank: genus
  65. Coyncia
    rank: genus
  66. Culcita
    rank: genus
  67. Dianthus
    rank: genus
  68. Diplotaxis
    rank: genus
  69. Eryngium
    rank: genus
  70. Euphorbia
    rank: genus
  71. Festuca
    rank: genus
  72. Halimium
    rank: genus
  73. Herniaria
    rank: genus
  74. Holcus
    rank: genus
  75. Hyacinthoides
    rank: genus
  76. Iberis
    rank: genus
  77. Jasione
    rank: genus
  78. Jonopsidium
    rank: genus
  79. Juncus
    rank: genus
  80. Leuzea
    rank: genus
  81. Limonium
    rank: genus
  82. Linaria
    rank: genus
  83. Marsilea
    rank: genus
  84. Marsupella
    rank: genus
  85. Melilotus
    rank: genus
  86. Myosotis
    rank: genus
  87. Narcissus
    rank: genus
  88. Omphalodes
    rank: genus
  89. Ononis
    rank: genus
  90. Plantago
    rank: genus
  91. Pseudarrhenaterum
    rank: genus
  92. Pseudarrhenatherum
    rank: genus
  93. Salix
    rank: genus
  94. Santolina
    rank: genus
  95. Silene
    rank: genus
  96. Thorella
    rank: genus
  97. Thymus
    rank: genus
  98. Trichomanes
    rank: genus
  99. Tuberaria
    rank: genus
  100. Verbascum
    rank: genus
  101. Veronica
    rank: genus
  102. Woodwardia
    rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

Portugal Mainland

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Glória Araújo
originator
ICNF
PT
Tomé Neves
metadata author
Instituto Superior de Agronomia
Lisboa
PT
Teresa Pimenta
administrative point of contact
position: Information System Senior Officer
ICNF
Reserva Natural do Estuário do Tejo, Av. dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, nº 1
Alcochete
2890-015
PT
Mário Reis
administrative point of contact
position: Conservation and Monitoring Senior Officer
ICNF
Av. da República 16
Lisboa
1050-191
PT
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