BID_Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility_Threatened plants of Malawi
Citation
Mwafongo E (2022). BID_Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility_Threatened plants of Malawi. Version 1.3. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hl8kwl accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-10-11.Description
Malawi has an estimated 339 records of Threatened plants which are currently being digitized in BRAHMS database. This dataset is a fraction of what the herbarium has in its current collection. Most of these samples do not have collector names and numbers attached to them and as well as georeferences because they are quite ancient dating back to 1927. Georeferencing was accomplished using a Malawi Collecting localities list extracted from Flora Zambesiaca: collecting localities in the Flora Zambesiaca area by Pope & Pope(2000 https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/F/bo9856065.html and GEOLocate program http://www.geo-locate.org/.Purpose
To strengthen Malawis Biodiversity Information Facility
Sampling Description
Study Extent
The project covers the entire country of MalawiSampling
This data was extracted from preserved herbarium materialMethod steps
- the lists consists of samples which have been encoded in BRAHMS database and hence they can be retrieved at anytime period when need arises. Please note that most records were not georeferenced and this had to be done using the Geolocate software-http://www.geo-locate.org/web/WebFileGeoref.aspx and the Malawi place gazeteer by Pope & Pope (2000). Some samples had been georeferenced in Degrees , minutes and seconds and these were converted to decimal degrees using a web-based program -http://www.rcn.montana.edu/resources/converter.aspx
Additional info
Specific localities have not been included to protect the plants in question since they are under threat.Taxonomic Coverages
All plants in the dataset were identified to species level except for one orchid which was identified to genus level
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APIACEAErank: family
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ARECACEAErank: family
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ASPHODELACEAErank: family
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ASTERACEAErank: family
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BALSAMINACEAErank: family
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CACTACEAErank: family
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COMBRETACEAErank: family
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EUPHORBIACEAErank: family
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FABACEAErank: family
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IRIDACEAErank: family
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LAMIACEAErank: family
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LOBELIACEAErank: family
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MALVACEAErank: family
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MELIACEAErank: family
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ORCHIDACEAErank: family
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PTERIDACEAErank: family
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ROSACEAErank: family
Geographic Coverages
The current list consists of some of the threatened plants collected from within Malawi.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Elizabeth Mwafongooriginator
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mwafongo
metadata author
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mwafongo
publisher
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Montfort Mwanyambo
point of contact
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +2651525388
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Elizabeth Mwafongo
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Scientific Officer
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 999746432
email: emwafongo@yahoo.com
Montfort Mwanyambo
administrative point of contact
position: Project Lead
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
P.O. Box 528
Zomba
MW
Telephone: +265 1 525388
email: mlmwany@gmail.com