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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 

Homepage: http://www.inaturalist.org
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
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
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
  • Abrus (121)
  • Acacia (617)
  • Acrocarpus (3)
  • Adenanthera (6)
  • Adenocarpus (332)
  • Adenolobus (99)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Aeschynomene (41)
  • Afzelia (76)
  • Aganope (8)
  • Alantsilodendron (7)
  • Albizia (284)
  • Alhagi (14)
  • Alysicarpus (4)
  • Amblygonocarpus (6)
  • Amphimas (1)
  • Anagyris (23)
  • Anthonotha (2)
  • Anthyllis (52)
  • Aphanocalyx (1)
  • Arachis (10)
  • Argyrocytisus (3)
  • Argyrolobium (37)
  • Astragalus (106)
  • Baikiaea (38)
  • Baphia (80)
  • Baudouinia (58)
  • Bauhinia (248)
  • Berlinia (9)
  • Biancaea (30)
  • Biserrula (3)
  • Bituminaria (649)
  • Bobgunnia (15)
  • Bolusanthus (25)
  • Brachystegia (46)
  • Brandzeia (11)
  • Brownea (2)
  • Bryaspis (1)
  • Burkea (37)
  • Bussea (27)
  • Cadia (7)
  • Caesalpinia (112)
  • Cajanus (31)
  • Calicotome (64)
  • Calliandra (13)
  • Calobota (3)
  • Calopogonium (7)
  • Calpurnia (3)
  • Canavalia (51)
  • Cassia (68)
  • Centrosema (34)
  • Ceratonia (72)
  • Cercis (4)
  • Chadsia (146)
  • Chamaecrista (67)
  • Chamaecytisus (234)
  • Chidlowia (1)
  • Cicer (4)
  • Clitoria (74)
  • Cojoba (1)
  • Colophospermum (434)
  • Colutea (1)
  • Colvillea (15)
  • Copaifera (6)
  • Cordyla (29)
  • Coronilla (73)
  • Craibia (3)
  • Crotalaria (285)
  • Cryptosepalum (3)
  • Cullen (35)
  • Cyamopsis (1)
  • Cynometra (12)
  • Cytisus (435)
  • Dalbergia (292)
  • Daniellia (29)
  • Decorsea (12)
  • Delonix (323)
  • Dendrolobium (1)
  • Denisophytum (1)
  • Desmanthus (12)
  • Desmodium (69)
  • Detarium (16)
  • Dialium (29)
  • Dichilus (1)
  • Dichrostachys (321)
  • Dicraeopetalum (5)
  • Disynstemon (5)
  • Dolichos (15)
  • Droogmansia (5)
  • Dumasia (3)
  • Duparquetia (5)
  • Ebenopsis (1)
  • Ebenus (31)
  • Elephantorrhiza (31)
  • Eligmocarpus (3)
  • Englerodendron (2)
  • Entada (82)
  • Erinacea (9)
  • Eriosema (80)
  • Erophaca (12)
  • Erythrina (168)
  • Erythrophleum (17)
  • Erythrostemon (18)
  • Faidherbia (169)
  • Flemingia (7)
  • Gagnebina (12)
  • Galactia (2)
  • Gelrebia (5)
  • Genista (322)
  • Gigasiphon (1)
  • Gilbertiodendron (2)
  • Gilletiodendron (1)
  • Gleditsia (1)
  • Gliricidia (11)
  • Glycine (1)
  • Glycyrrhiza (1)
  • Griffonia (5)
  • Grona (14)
  • Guibourtia (41)
  • Guilandina (44)
  • Haematoxylum (1)
  • Haplormosia (3)
  • Hedysarum (5)
  • Hererolandia (10)
  • Hesperolaburnum (2)
  • Hippocrepis (20)
  • Hylodesmum (26)
  • Hymenaea (11)
  • Indigastrum (13)
  • Indigofera (435)
  • Inga (4)
  • Intsia (14)
  • Isoberlinia (9)
  • Julbernardia (22)
  • Kotschya (36)
  • Lablab (9)
  • Lathyrus (220)
  • Leobordea (19)
  • Leptodesmia (3)
  • Lespedeza (1)
  • Lessertia (22)
  • Leucaena (160)
  • Leucomphalos (1)
  • Libidibia (1)
  • Listia (1)
  • Lonchocarpus (4)
  • Lotononis (2)
  • Lotus (554)
  • Lupinus (47)
  • Macropsychanthus (3)
  • Macroptilium (37)
  • Macrotyloma (10)
  • Medicago (121)
  • Melilotus (49)
  • Mezoneuron (17)
  • Microcharis (6)
  • Millettia (39)
  • Mimosa (250)
  • Mucuna (61)
  • Mundulea (77)
  • Neoapaloxylon (8)
  • Neoharmsia (7)
  • Neonotonia (8)
  • Neorautanenia (13)
  • Neptunia (8)
  • Newtonia (25)
  • Onobrychis (18)
  • Ononis (121)
  • Ophrestia (10)
  • Ormocarpopsis (2)
  • Ormocarpum (23)
  • Ornithopus (25)
  • Otoptera (48)
  • Paracalyx (1)
  • Paramacrolobium (2)
  • Paraserianthes (58)
  • Parkia (93)
  • Parkinsonia (114)
  • Parochetus (18)
  • Pearsonia (31)
  • Peltophorum (100)
  • Pentaclethra (5)
  • Pericopsis (3)
  • Phanera (1)
  • Phaseolus (4)
  • Philenoptera (113)
  • Phylloxylon (18)
  • Piliostigma (139)
  • Piptadeniastrum (1)
  • Pithecellobium (57)
  • Plagiosiphon (1)
  • Pleurolobus (4)
  • Polhillides (10)
  • Polystemonanthus (1)
  • Pomaria (5)
  • Pongamia (13)
  • Pongamiopsis (7)
  • Prosopis (50)
  • Pseudarthria (23)
  • Psophocarpus (5)
  • Psoralea (14)
  • Pterocarpus (180)
  • Pterolobium (8)
  • Ptycholobium (19)
  • Pyranthus (52)
  • Requienia (2)
  • Retama (113)
  • Rhynchosia (69)
  • Robinia (10)
  • Samanea (2)
  • Schizolobium (3)
  • Schotia (24)
  • Scorpiurus (58)
  • Senegalia (678)
  • Senna (1047)
  • Sesbania (60)
  • Smithia (2)
  • Sophora (45)
  • Spartium (27)
  • Sphenostylis (8)
  • Strongylodon (39)
  • Stylosanthes (18)
  • Sulla (59)
  • Sylvichadsia (1)
  • Tamarindus (165)
  • Tara (2)
  • Tephrosia (138)
  • Teramnus (2)
  • Tetrapleura (7)
  • Tetrapterocarpon (10)
  • Tipuana (9)
  • Trifolium (573)
  • Trigonella (4)
  • Tripodion (40)
  • Tylosema (23)
  • Ulex (319)
  • Uraria (11)
  • Vachellia (1654)
  • Vicia (203)
  • Vigna (51)
  • Viguieranthus (3)
  • Wisteria (4)
  • Xanthocercis (16)
  • Xerocladia (5)
  • Xylia (15)
  • Zornia (39)