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A checklist of trees in Permanent Sample Plot (PSP 83) of Okomu Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria

Citation

Oloketuyi A, Taiwo D, Akinyemi O, Oyelowo O, Ayodele A, Olatidoye O, Woghiren A, Haastrup N, Aina-Oduntan O, Jeminiwa O, Ugbogu O, Chukwuma E, Solaru B, Juba B (2020). A checklist of trees in Permanent Sample Plot (PSP 83) of Okomu Forest Reserve, Edo State, Nigeria. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sb8hfc accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-04-01.

Description

As one of the four sections in the Department of Forest Conservation and Protection of the Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria, Ibadan, the Ecology Section has a mandate to protect and conserve natural resources in-situ. In this regard, the present data reports the diversity of trees in an important permanent sample plot (PSP 83)within the Okomu Forest Reserve of Edo State in Southern Nigeria. This checklist holds a record of 58 tree species within this plot, which was obtained in 1955.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

All the species were identified to species level except a few, which were identified to generic rank.
  1. Aulacocalyx jasminiflora Hook.f.
    rank: species
  2. Diospyros suaveolens Gurke
    rank: species
  3. Clerodendrum L.
    rank: genus

Geographic Coverages

The current dataset contains 58 records from a permanent sample plot within the Okomu National Park, Edo State, Nigeria.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Akin Oloketuyi
originator
position: Senior Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 7032569441
email: akinoloketuyi@gmail.com
Damilola Taiwo
originator
position: Research Fellow II
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8167754312
email: taidamar20@gmail.com
Olukayode Akinyemi
originator
position: Principal Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 7038262669
email: olukayodeakinyemi@gmail.com
Oyetayo Oyelowo
originator
position: Principal Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8054039917
email: oyelowo.oj@frin.gov.ng
Adekemi Ayodele
originator
position: Research Fellow I
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 7038254651
email: adekemitog@gmail.com
Olaremi Olatidoye
originator
position: Research Fellow I
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8036885349
email: olaremiolatidoye@gmail.com
Aimufua Woghiren
originator
position: Research Fellow I
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8065176819
email: tildakaren1@yahoo.com
Nathaniel Haastrup
originator
position: Research Fellow I
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8065567335
email: haastrup.no@frin.gov.ng
Oluwatosin Aina-Oduntan
originator
position: Senior Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8035622694
email: harkinlarbee@gmail.com
Oluremi Jeminiwa
originator
position: Senior Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8106521101
email: jeminiwaoluremi@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 I
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 80360114367
email: chukwuma.ec@frin.gov.ng
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4154-283X
Blessing Solaru
originator
position: Graduate Assistant
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8146750521
email: solarublessing@gmail.com
Bamidele Juba
originator
position: Graduate Assistant
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +2348061511599
Oyetayo Oyelowo
metadata author
position: Principal Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8054039917
email: oyelowo.oj@frin.gov.ng
Emmanuel Chukwuma
metadata author
position: Research Fellow I
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
Akin Oloketuyi
content provider
position: Senior Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +2347032569441
email: akinoloketuyi@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@gmail.com
Emmanuel Chukwuma
publisher
position: Research Fellow I
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: 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
administrative point of contact
position: Research Fellow I
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
Oyetayo Oyelowo
administrative point of contact
position: Principal Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8054039917
email: oyelowo.oj@frin.gov.ng
Akin Oloketuyi
administrative point of contact
position: Senior Research Fellow
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 7032569441
email: akinoloketuyi@gmail.com
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