Plant collections of Department of Botany Herbarium, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Citation
Iortsuun D, Tanimu Y, Sanusi N, Ugbogu O, Chukwuma E (2019). Plant collections of Department of Botany Herbarium, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Version 1.1. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fmi04w accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-12.Description
The department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, was established to educate academically sound upcoming plant biologists with high scholastic aptitudes especially in the agro-allied areas of Plant ecology, Plant Physiology, Plant Breeding and Plant Pathology, aspects of Horticulture and Conservation of Plant Germplasm. The department currently has an herbarium, established to aid plant identification for students and researchers within and outside the university community. It currently has a reasonable number of plant collections. The present dataset holds 492 records of preserved specimens collected between 1963 and 1991. It has 213 species which spreads across 54 families and 132 genera.Sampling Description
Study Extent
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Taxonomic Coverages
Specimens were identified to either generic or species rank.
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Uvaria chamae P.Beauv.rank: species
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Annona senegalensis Pers.rank: species
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Trapa natans var. bispinosa (Roxb.) Makinorank: variety
Geographic Coverages
489 of the specimens were collected from Nigeria and mostly from the Northern states. There are also 2 collections from Cameroon and 1 from Niger.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Dora Iortsuunoriginator
position: Professor, Head of Department
Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Kaduna State
NG
Telephone: +234 8037247653
email: amoter2001@yahoo.com
Yahuza Tanimu
originator
position: Lecturer
Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Kaduna State
NG
Telephone: +234 8066010120
email: yahuzatanimu@gmail.com
Namadi Sanusi
originator
position: Technologist
Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Kaduna State
Telephone: +234 8116893530
email: habbida@gmail.com
Omokafe Ugbogu
originator
position: Research Professor/Curator, Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@gmail.com
Emmanuel Chukwuma
originator
position: Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8060114367
email: chukwuma.ec@frin.gov.ng
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-283X
Emmanuel Chukwuma
metadata author
position: Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8060114367
email: chukwuma.ec@frin.gov.ng
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-283X
Yahuza Tanimu
metadata author
position: Lecturer
Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Kaduna
NG
Telephone: +234 8066010120
email: yahuzatanimu@gmail.com
Yahuza Tanimu
author
position: Lecturer
Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Kaduna State
NG
Telephone: +234 8066010120
email: yahuzatanimu@gmail.com
Omokafe Ugbogu
principal investigator
position: Research Professor/Curator, Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com
Emmanuel Chukwuma
publisher
position: Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8060114367
email: chukwuma.ec@frin.gov.ng
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-283X
Emmanuel Chukwuma
administrative point of contact
position: Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8060114367
email: chukwuma.ec@frin.gov.ng
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-283X
Omokafe Ugbogu
administrative point of contact
position: Professor/Curator, Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com
Yahuza Tanimu
administrative point of contact
position: Lecturer
Department of Botany, Ahmadu Bello University
Zaria
Kaduna State
NG
Telephone: +234 8066010120
email: yahuzatanimu@gmail.com