Plants Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH) Awka

Peter Nnabude; Tochukwu Egboka; Omokafe Ugbogu; Oluwaseun Osiyemi

doi:10.15468/qqzpfc

Plants Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH) Awka

Citation

Nnabude P, Egboka T, Ugbogu O, Osiyemi O (2019). Plants Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH) Awka. Version 1.5. Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qqzpfc accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-11.

Description

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH), Is an institutional herbarium to Department of Botany, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, located in south eastern Nigeria, Precisely in Awka the capital city of Anambra State, the general herbarium is located within the building of the Departmental Laboratory which houses about 500 specimens of vascular, non-vascular plants and cryptogams, but still growing with each new collection. The sources of NAUH materials are from collections done in the field by students of Botany and relative Department whose interest in plant research often Drives them to bring along different plant materials for taxonomic identification after exploration on the field for suitable plant for research purposes. New plant are collected and preserved on both weekly and daily basis to serve the growing need of vast majority of plant researchers, in Eastern and Southern region of Nigeria, the main Purpose of NAUH is to Collect, Identify, Preserve and Document plant specimen for Academic research purposes, Voucher numbers are given in Alphabetic order to the Family in which the plant belongs, The dataset presently holds about 262 records of herbarium specimens collected between 2005 – 2016, consisting of 68 Families, 197 Genera and 237 Species.

Sampling Description

Method steps

Taxonomic Coverages

The plants specimens were identified to species rank.

Casuarina equisetifolia
rank: species
Pouzolzia hypoleuca
rank: species
Alchornea cordifolia
rank: species
Gmelina arborea
rank: species
Moringa oleifera Lam.
rank: species
Vitex doniana Sweet
rank: species

Geographic Coverages

Plants were collected from Awka in Anambra State and Oyo State in Nigeria

Bibliographic Citations

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Contacts

Peter Nnabude
originator
position: Professor/HOD
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Department of Soil Science & Land Resources Management
Awka
AnambraState
NG
Telephone: +234 703 3128 992
email: nnabudep@yahoo.com

Tochukwu Egboka
originator
position: LecturerII/Herbarium overseer
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Dept. of Botany
Awka
Anambra State
NG
Telephone: +234 7065835473
email: tp.egboka@unizik.edu.ng

Omokafe Ugbogu
originator
position: Director/Curator Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com

Oluwaseun Osiyemi
originator
position: Chief Research Officer
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08023626443
email: osinyemi2004@yahoo.com

Oluwaseun Osiyemi
metadata author
position: Chief Research Officer
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08023626443
email: osinyemi2004@yahoo.com

Peter Nnabede
curator
position: Professor/Curator
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium
Awka
Anambra State
NG
Telephone: +234(0)7033128992
email: nnabudep@yahoo.com

Omokafe Ugbogu
principal investigator
position: Director
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com

Oluwaseun Osiyemi
publisher
position: Chief Research Officer
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08023626443
email: osinyemi2004@yahoo.com

Marie-Elise Lecoq
distributor
position: IT Engineer
GBIF France
FR
Telephone: +33140798065
email: melecoq@gbif.fr

Oluwaseun Osiyemi
administrative point of contact
position: Chief Research Officer
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: 08023626443
email: osinyemi2004@yahoo.com

Omokafe Ugbogu
administrative point of contact
position: Director/Curator Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)
Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria
Jericho Hill, Dugbe
Ibadan
Oyo State
NG
Telephone: +234 8032236876
email: omokafeugbogu@yahoo.com