Plants of Ghana
Citation
Asase A (2021). Plants of Ghana. Version 1.1. Ghana Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/e8rhqm accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-13.Description
This dataset is on species of plants that have been recorded in GhanaSampling Description
Study Extent
The study is based on plant records for GhanaSampling
This dataset was compiled based on specimen collections from major herbaria in Ghana, namely, Ghana Herbarium (GC) at the University of Ghana, Savanna Herbarium at the University for Development Studies, Herbarium at the RMSC of the Forestry Commission and Centre for Plant Medicine Research. The dataset also included data from available field notes and literature. The data were cleaned for both consistency and duplicate removed. However, nomenclature was not updated.Method steps
- The Brahms software was used in digitisation of herbarium records. Data were cleaned using OpenRefine and QGIS for consistency and duplicates.
Taxonomic Coverages
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Plantaerank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Ghana
Bibliographic Citations
- Asase, A. and Peterson, A. T., 2016. Completeness of Digital Accessible Knowledge of the Plants of Ghana. Biodiversity Informatics, 11: 1-11 -
Contacts
Alex Asaseoriginator
University of Ghana
P. O. Box LG 55
Accra
LG
N/A
GH
Telephone: 0244128800
email: alexasase@gmail.com
Alex Asase
metadata author
University of Ghana
P. O. Box LG 55
Accra
LG
N/A
GH
Telephone: 0244128800
email: alexasase@gmail.com
Alex Asase
user
email: alexasase@gmail.com
Alex Asase
administrative point of contact
University of Ghana
P. O. Box LG 55
Accra
LG
N/A
GH
Telephone: 0244128800
email: alexasase@gmail.com