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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
  • Abelmoschus (31)
  • Abutilon (218)
  • Adansonia (1750)
  • Alcea (7)
  • Ancistrocarpus (1)
  • Andringitra (24)
  • Berrya (1)
  • Bombax (58)
  • Brachychiton (16)
  • Byttneria (27)
  • Callianthe (26)
  • Ceiba (109)
  • Cheirolaena (4)
  • Christiana (6)
  • Cienfuegosia (20)
  • Clappertonia (30)
  • Cola (44)
  • Commersonia (2)
  • Corchorus (89)
  • Desplatsia (2)
  • Dombeya (227)
  • Eriolaena (10)
  • Glyphaea (10)
  • Gossypioides (4)
  • Gossypium (69)
  • Grewia (467)
  • Helicteropsis (7)
  • Heritiera (9)
  • Hermannia (126)
  • Herrania (1)
  • Hibiscus (626)
  • Hildegardia (38)
  • Humbertiella (16)
  • Kleinhovia (3)
  • Kosteletzkya (10)
  • Lagunaria (1)
  • Malope (25)
  • Malva (302)
  • Malvastrum (32)
  • Malvaviscus (16)
  • Matisia (2)
  • Megistostegium (26)
  • Melhania (46)
  • Melochia (12)
  • Microcos (1)
  • Nesogordonia (23)
  • Pachira (4)
  • Pavonia (80)
  • Perrierophytum (11)
  • Pseudobombax (1)
  • Pseudocorchorus (5)
  • Radyera (11)
  • Ruizia (6)
  • Scaphopetalum (2)
  • Sida (150)
  • Sparrmannia (17)
  • Sterculia (133)
  • Talipariti (69)
  • Theobroma (40)
  • Thespesia (138)
  • Triplochiton (5)
  • Triumfetta (36)
  • Urena (83)
  • Waltheria (124)
  • Wissadula (7)