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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
  • Acanthosicyos (150)
  • Blastania (11)
  • Bryonia (108)
  • Cayaponia (1)
  • Citrullus (272)
  • Coccinia (123)
  • Cogniauxia (11)
  • Corallocarpus (24)
  • Cucumis (209)
  • Cucurbita (11)
  • Cyclantheropsis (1)
  • Dactyliandra (11)
  • Dendrosicyos (9)
  • Diplocyclos (12)
  • Ecballium (68)
  • Eureiandra (5)
  • Kedrostis (14)
  • Lagenaria (48)
  • Lemurosicyos (3)
  • Luffa (50)
  • Melothria (1)
  • Momordica (289)
  • Peponium (7)
  • Raphidiocystis (4)
  • Ruthalicia (5)
  • Sechium (18)
  • Seyrigia (1)
  • Telfairia (10)
  • Trichosanthes (5)
  • Trochomeria (19)
  • Trochomeriopsis (7)
  • Xerosicyos (23)
  • Zehneria (15)