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iNaturalist Plant Observation - Research Grade (iNaturalist-Research Grade)

iNaturalist research grade plant observations made within one of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Records were filtered from the following GBIF data download

GBIF.org (20 September 2023) GBIF Occurrence Download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.k4gyh4 

Collection Type: Observations
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 20 September 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
DWC-A Import from GBIF
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 199,133 specimen records
  • 199,133 (100%) georeferenced
  • 189,158 (95%) with images (424,675 total images)
  • 197,613 (99%) identified to species
  • 432 families
  • 3,414 genera
  • 14,047 species
  • 15,558 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthopale (11)
  • Acanthopsis (14)
  • Acanthus (150)
  • Angkalanthus (3)
  • Anisosepalum (7)
  • Anisostachya (1)
  • Anisotes (32)
  • Aphelandra (1)
  • Asystasia (426)
  • Avicennia (79)
  • Ballochia (4)
  • Barleria (590)
  • Blepharis (255)
  • Brachystephanus (45)
  • Brillantaisia (70)
  • Camarotea (3)
  • Chlamydacanthus (10)
  • Crabbea (16)
  • Crossandra (104)
  • Dianthera (1)
  • Dicliptera (84)
  • Dinteracanthus (19)
  • Dischistocalyx (1)
  • Dolichostachys (1)
  • Duosperma (6)
  • Dyschoriste (34)
  • Ecbolium (21)
  • Elytraria (11)
  • Eremomastax (7)
  • Graptophyllum (3)
  • Heteradelphia (6)
  • Hygrophila (30)
  • Hypoestes (261)
  • Isoglossa (30)
  • Justicia (328)
  • Kenyacanthus (1)
  • Lankesteria (7)
  • Leandriella (1)
  • Lepidagathis (17)
  • Mackaya (1)
  • Megalochlamys (4)
  • Megaskepasma (7)
  • Melittacanthus (1)
  • Mellera (2)
  • Mendoncia (17)
  • Metarungia (10)
  • Mimulopsis (22)
  • Monechma (33)
  • Nelsonia (39)
  • Neuracanthus (5)
  • Nicoteba (2)
  • Odontonema (5)
  • Oplonia (11)
  • Pachystachys (7)
  • Petalidium (91)
  • Phaulopsis (16)
  • Phlogacanthus (3)
  • Physacanthus (3)
  • Podorungia (6)
  • Pogonospermum (129)
  • Populina (1)
  • Pseuderanthemum (39)
  • Pseudocalyx (12)
  • Pseudodicliptera (1)
  • Rhinacanthus (35)
  • Ritonia (2)
  • Ruellia (133)
  • Ruelliopsis (23)
  • Rungia (1)
  • Ruspolia (16)
  • Ruttya (10)
  • Saintpauliopsis (5)
  • Sanchezia (11)
  • Sclerochiton (6)
  • Staurogyne (2)
  • Stenandriopsis (7)
  • Strobilanthes (15)
  • Strobilanthopsis (5)
  • Thunbergia (458)
  • Trichocalyx (2)
  • Vindasia (1)
  • Whitfieldia (10)
  • Zygoruellia (3)