Flora-On: occurrence data of the flora of mainland Portugal

André Carapeto

doi:10.15468/gi6aum

Flora-On: occurrence data of the flora of mainland Portugal

Citation

Carapeto A, Porto M (2016). Flora-On: occurrence data of the flora of mainland Portugal. Version 4.1. Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/gi6aum accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-12.

Description

This dataset results from the data gathered in the platform Flora-On ( http://www.flora-on.pt/ ), which contains observation records of vascular plants within mainland Portugal, made by an array of collaborators. Observations are uploaded directly by collaborators, who are either experienced botanists/naturalists, or occasional collaborators. In this latter case, the observations are first validated by the Editorial Board before publication. The Editorial Board is committed to ensure that only the most rigorous data is published, and it does not release observations whose uncertainty is judged to be high. Flora-On was created by and is kept up exclusively through the voluntary work of associate members of Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica (Botanical Society of Portugal), its maintenance costs being supported only by the membership fees of the associates.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

This dataset includes observations falling within mainland Portugal, most of which are posterior to the date the platform Flora-On was made available online (25/Feb/2012), although there is an important volume of data starting from the 1990 decade.

Sampling

A large portion of the records corresponds to non-exhaustive observations of collaborators, but there is also an important part of it that was originated from exhaustive field sampling campaigns. Plants are identified at least to species level either in the field or in the lab, and phenological state is recorded if in bloom. In general, no specimens are collected.

Quality Control

Taxon nomenclature is fully controlled with a reference list, allowing neither spelling errors nor outdated synonyms. The reference checklist includes only the currently accepted names, which correspond to an updated version of the "Checklist da Flora de Portugal (Continental, Açores e Madeira)" ( http://ipt.gbif.pt/ipt/resource.do?r=alfa_checklist_florapt ) Exact GPS coordinates are stored in Flora-On.pt whenever possible, but are generalized to the UTM 10x10 km grid in this dataset. The responsibility of species identification rests with the collaborators, most of which have expertise in plant identification. Additionally, the Editorial Board of Flora-On is committed to ensure a high reliability of uploaded data, hence checking regularly for unlikely or doubtful occurrence records, and asking collaborators to provide pictures, descriptions or specimens whenever needed. The Editorial Board estimates at least 95% of the records to be correctly identified under the most up-to-date nomenclature.

Method steps

GPS coordinates are recorded by the collaborators (if possible), and plants identified at least to species level
Record data is uploaded to Flora-On.pt by the collaborators, either using a webmapping interface or uploading a record table
Coordinates are generalized to the UTM 10x10 km grid and are made publicly available for download in both the species factsheets and as a WFS service: http://www.flora-on.pt/wfs

Taxonomic Coverages

All observations are identified at least to species level, or an inferior rank when possible.

Plantae
common name: Vascular plants rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Portugal mainland

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

André Carapeto
originator
position: Member of the Board
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
Travessa do Jardim, nº3, A-dos-Potes
Alverca do Ribatejo
2615-018
PT
email: carapeto@hotmail.com

Miguel Porto
metadata author
position: Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
Travessa do Jardim, nº3, A-dos-Potes
Alverca do Ribatejo
2615-018
PT
email: mpbertolo@gmail.com

Miguel Porto
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Paulo Ventura Araújo
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Francisco Clamote
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

João Lourenço
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Ana Júlia Pereira
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

João Domingues Almeida
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

David T. Holyoak
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Paulo Pereira
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Estevão Portela-Pereira
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Alexandre Silva
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Carlos Aguiar
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Tiago Monteiro-Henriques
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Cristina Tauleigne Gomes
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Paulo Silveira
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Udo Schwarzer
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Rute Caraça
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Sergio Chozas
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Paula Canha
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Filipe Covelo
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Eduardo Marabuto
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

João Farminhão
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Sílvia Ribeiro
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Paulo Cardoso
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Miguel Peixoto
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Nuno Guiomar
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

José Manuel Rosa-Pinto
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Valter Jacinto
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Horst Engels
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Vasco Silva
content provider
position: Associate Member
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Adelaide Clemente
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Cristina Silva
content provider
position: Collaborator
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT

Other collaborators of Flora-On.pt
content provider
position: Collaborators
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
PT
homepage: http://flora-on.pt/equipa.php

Miguel Porto
administrative point of contact
position: Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica
Travessa do Jardim, nº3, A-dos-Potes
Alverca do Ribatejo
2615-018
PT
email: mpbertolo@gmail.com