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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
  • Acokanthera (10)
  • Adenium (232)
  • Alafia (16)
  • Allamanda (66)
  • Alstonia (6)
  • Ancylobothrys (13)
  • Araujia (54)
  • Asclepias (99)
  • Aspidoglossum (8)
  • Aspidonepsis (1)
  • Baissea (12)
  • Baroniella (1)
  • Callichilia (5)
  • Calotropis (1666)
  • Carissa (85)
  • Cascabela (155)
  • Catharanthus (451)
  • Cerbera (37)
  • Ceropegia (641)
  • Chamaeclitandra (3)
  • Chlorocyathus (3)
  • Craspidospermum (16)
  • Cryptolepis (75)
  • Cryptostegia (78)
  • Cynanchum (195)
  • Dictyophleba (4)
  • Diplorhynchus (26)
  • Ectadium (5)
  • Epistemma (1)
  • Fockea (13)
  • Funtumia (1)
  • Glossostelma (14)
  • Gomphocarpus (234)
  • Gongronemopsis (5)
  • Gonioma (1)
  • Gymnema (4)
  • Heterostemma (1)
  • Holarrhena (21)
  • Hoodia (39)
  • Hunteria (1)
  • Ischnolepis (38)
  • Kanahia (15)
  • Kopsia (2)
  • Landolphia (41)
  • Leptadenia (49)
  • Malouetia (1)
  • Margaretta (9)
  • Marsdenia (1)
  • Mascarenhasia (164)
  • Metastelma (3)
  • Microloma (12)
  • Mondia (6)
  • Nerium (262)
  • Ochrosia (2)
  • Oncinotis (1)
  • Orbea (2)
  • Orthanthera (73)
  • Oxystelma (5)
  • Pachycarpus (39)
  • Pachypodium (631)
  • Parsonsia (1)
  • Pentatropis (1)
  • Pentopetia (15)
  • Pergularia (174)
  • Periploca (302)
  • Pervillaea (26)
  • Petchia (43)
  • Plectaneia (20)
  • Pleiocarpa (1)
  • Plumeria (38)
  • Raphionacme (57)
  • Rauvolfia (41)
  • Riocreuxia (6)
  • Saba (20)
  • Schizoglossum (5)
  • Secamone (48)
  • Secamonopsis (2)
  • Sisyranthus (5)
  • Solenostemma (10)
  • Stapelia (3)
  • Stathmostelma (12)
  • Stenostelma (4)
  • Stephanostegia (11)
  • Stephanotis (20)
  • Stigmatorhynchus (1)
  • Stomatostemma (6)
  • Strophanthus (155)
  • Tabernaemontana (88)
  • Tabernanthe (7)
  • Tacazzea (15)
  • Vahadenia (1)
  • Vinca (129)
  • Vincetoxicum (13)
  • Voacanga (44)
  • Wrightia (2)
  • Xysmalobium (24)