BID_Strengthening Malawi's Biodiversity Information Facility_Threatened plants of Malawi

Elizabeth Mwafongo

doi:10.15468/hl8kwl

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 2022-07-01.

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 Malawi

Sampling

This data was extracted from preserved herbarium material

Method 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

APIACEAE
rank: family
ARECACEAE
rank: family
ASPHODELACEAE
rank: family
ASTERACEAE
rank: family
BALSAMINACEAE
rank: family
CACTACEAE
rank: family
COMBRETACEAE
rank: family
EUPHORBIACEAE
rank: family
FABACEAE
rank: family
IRIDACEAE
rank: family
LAMIACEAE
rank: family
LOBELIACEAE
rank: family
MALVACEAE
rank: family
MELIACEAE
rank: family
ORCHIDACEAE
rank: family
PTERIDACEAE
rank: family
ROSACEAE
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

The current list consists of some of the threatened plants collected from within Malawi.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Elizabeth Mwafongo
originator
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