West African Plants Database

A photo database of West African Plants with a multientry determination key based on 18 simple characters. The photodatabase is very useful for determination of plants in West Africa, is frequently used (c. 40000 visits/year) and also provides a base for the production of field guides. It currently comprises c. 1150 spp. and 7000 photos. Some of these are georeferenced.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Geographic coverage
Geographic description West Africa from the Sahara to the Gulf of Guinea, from Senegal in the West to Cameroon and Niger in the East
Bounding coordinates
North: 27.702801
West: -26.75842
East: 24.002661
South: -9.299925
Temporal coverage
Time period
Begin: 2000
End: 2012
Other info
Last Updated December 17, 2020, 15:36 (UTC)
Created December 17, 2020, 15:36 (UTC)

Responsible parties

Creator
Name Marco Schmidt
Organization affiliations
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), EU project UNDESERT
Role

Contact
Name Marco Schmidt
E-mail
Organization affiliations
Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), EU project UNDESERT

Research data management planning

Data will be stored at (long-term archived) Information still missing

Link to this dataset:

https://dataportal.senckenberg.de/dataset/dbce1592-c533-44c7-a268-47b73f4bd0ab