Endemic and Economically Useful Plant Species of Malawi
Latest version published by National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi on Feb 7, 2023
The dataset is partial fulfillment to a project funded by GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP). This programme aims to address specific capacity needs identified by GBIF Participants by facilitating collaboration at regional and global levels. The project was to leverage available funding for KBA and Red List training assessments to build staff skills and technical capacity within the BIMF institutions. To ensure that data for relevant target species is mobilized, digitization will focus on specimen collections with pollinator and inland aquatic species along with survey data from journals and reports that could help inform historical biodiversity baselines. The project identifier is CESP2020-016
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 328 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Downloads
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| Data as a DwC-A file | download 328 records in English (10 KB) - Update frequency: as needed |
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| Metadata as an EML file | download in English (18 KB) |
| Metadata as an RTF file | download in English (11 KB) |
Versions
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How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Mwafongo E (2022): Endemic and Economically Useful Plant Species of Malawi. v1.4. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=cesp_mobilising_endemic_economically_plants_of_malawi&v=1.4
Rights
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The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: aa4e2bfd-2ad0-4fee-a767-732b4095e7e9. National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Malawi.
Keywords
Occurrence; SVTP; CESP; Specimen; Malawi; CESP;
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Geographic Coverage
Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa. It is wholly within the tropics; from about 9°30S at its northernmost point to about 17°S at the southernmost tip. The country occupies a thin strip of land between Zambia and Mozambique, extending southwards into Mozambique along the valley of the Shire River. In the north and north east it also shares a border with Tanzania. Malawi is connected by rail to the Mozambican ports of Nacala and Beira. It lies between latitudes 9° and 18°S, and longitudes 32° and 36°E.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-17.057, 32.783], North East [-9.102, 36.035] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
The present dataset includes all species which were targeted for Red Listing assessments under the Shire Valley Transformational project
| Species | Catunaregam spinosa (Thunb.) Tirveng., Julbernardia globiflora (Benth.) Troupin, Acacia nigrescens, Disa nyikensis, Disa satyriopsis, Gladiolus bellus, Aloe canis, Brachystegia spiciformis, Colophospermum mopane, Disa zombica, Holarrhena pubescens, Terminalia sericea, Aerangis distincta, Alloeochaete oreogena, Brachythrix pawekiae, Catunaregam spinosa, Cleome densifolia, Cyphia nyikensis, Diospyros kirki, Impatiens shirensis, Jateorhiza palmata (Lam.) Miers, Phyllanthus nyikae, Polystachya johnstonii, Polystachya minima, Streptocarpus milanjianus Hilliard & B.L. Burtt, Streptocarpus nimbicola, Strychnos spinosa, Burkea africana, Combretum imberbe, Geranium mlanjense, Habenaria livingstoniana, Helichrysum whyteanum, Julbernardia globiflora, Osteospermum nyikensis, Vernonia kawoziensis, Beauveria malawiensis |
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Project Data
The African Biodiversity Challenge, and Biodiversity Information for Development projects have galvanised a community of practice for mobilizing biodiversity data in Malawi. The institutions involved successfully published Malawi’s first national datasets and established the Biodiversity Information Management Forum. These institutions have partnered now to produce national Red List and Key Biodiversity Area assessments for use in development planning. The data mobilized to date will feed into these assessments.
| Title | Mobilising endemic and economically useful species data for agro-ecological policy, National Redlist and KBA assessments. |
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| Identifier | CESP2020-016 |
| Funding | This programme is funded by GBIF Capacity Enhancement Support Programme (CESP). This programme aims to address specific capacity needs identified by GBIF Participants by facilitating collaboration at regional and global levels. It was co-funded by African Biodiversity Challenge2, Biodiversity Informatics Training Curriculum project and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR)Pollinator Portal project all funded by JRS |
| Study Area Description | Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa. It is wholly within the tropics and occupies a thin strip of land between Zambia and Mozambique, extending southwards into Mozambique along the valley of the Shire River. In the north and north east it also shares a border with Tanzania. Malawi is connected by rail to the Mozambican ports of Nacala and Beira. It lies between latitudes 9° and 18°S, and longitudes 32° and 36°E. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
The records were basically extracted from BRAHMS database housed at National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
| Study Extent | The present dataset originates from herbarium records |
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| Quality Control | Name validations was done using online databases such as GBIF and Name parser program |
Method step description:
- The records were basically extracted from BRAHMS database housed at National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawi
Collection Data
| Collection Name | National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens collection |
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| Specimen preservation methods | Mounted, Dried and pressed, Dried and pressed |
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Additional Metadata
| Maintenance Description | The resource will be maintained as additional information is realised |
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| Alternative Identifiers | aa4e2bfd-2ad0-4fee-a767-732b4095e7e9 |
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