Distribution of Cuban Plants
Citation
Gonzalez-Oliva L, Gonzalez-Torres L (2023). Distribution of Cuban Plants. IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mj8z59 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-16.Description
Effective biodiversity management, policymaking and decision-making depend on the existence of reliable data on the conservation situation of species and their habitats. The IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group (CubanPSG) has been producing ed list assessments and compiling records of native plants of Cuba since 1998. This resource present sites of occurrence or distributional data of the Cuban native plants used in conservation assessments.Sampling Description
Study Extent
Archipielago of Cuba, between 1980 and 2023Sampling
CubanPSG performed during last two decades species conservation assessments on native plants of Cuba. For that purpose had been gathered information about its habitat and population, threats and trend, but also sites of present occurrence of taxa. Distributional data had been gathered based on field observations, scientific publications and expert in local flora, as well as herbaria.Method steps
- We gathered all sites of present and past occurrence used in Species Conservation Assessment, as well as, any site of present recorded in CubanPSG database, and plant inventories included in research technical reports and cuban flora publications. Digitalize the information in our database. After gather the occurrence information, were georreferenced the localities, when were missing. Last step was update taxonomic information for each record.
Taxonomic Coverages
Plants identified to species
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Plantaerank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Cuba
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Lisbet Gonzalez-Olivaoriginator
position: Red List Authority Coordinator
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
CU
email: lisbetgoster@gmail.com
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_DoITUgAAAAJ&hl=en
Luis Gonzalez-Torres
originator
position: President
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
email: luis@planta.ngo
Luis Gonzalez-Torres
originator
position: President
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
email: luis@planta.ngo
Lisbet Gonzalez-Oliva
metadata author
position: Red List Authority Coordinator
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
CU
email: lisbetgoster@gmail.com
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_DoITUgAAAAJ&hl=en
Lisbet González-Oliva
editor
position: Red List Authority Coordinator
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
email: lisbetgoster@gmail.com
Luis Gonzalez Torres
editor
position: President
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
email: luis@planta.ngo
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
author
position: members
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
CU
Lisbet Gonzalez-Oliva
administrative point of contact
position: Red List Authority Coordinator
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
email: lisbetgoster@gmail.com
userId: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_DoITUgAAAAJ&hl=en
Luis Gonzalez Torres
administrative point of contact
position: President
IUCN/SSC Cuban Plant Specialist Group
email: luis@planta.ngo