Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea

Checklist
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5 October 2023
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Description

The Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea (CVPRG) is a comprehensive listing of all vascular plant species known to occur naturally within Guinea (flowering plants, conifers, ferns, clubmosses and firmosses). Some non-native species are also included but coverage is not comprehensive. The Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea is a specimen-based knowledge product, generated automatically from the Guinea Collections Database and the Guinea Names Backbone Database, both developed and maintained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in collaboration with the staff of the National Herbarium of Guinea. We aimed to ensure that each vascular plant taxon reported in the CVPRG as occurring in Guinea is supported by at least one expert-verified collection-based record, including all taxa recorded in the Flore de la Guinée (Lisowski 2009). Key details are provided for these voucher specimens, as auditable evidence of the presence of the taxon in Guinea. The Guinea Collections Database and the Guinea Names Backbone Database are each based on records from other databases and input from experts. The Guinea Collections Database is based on an extract from Kew’s Wet Tropics Africa database which comprises records from environmental surveys for mining projects 2005-2015; records from botanical exploration and Red Listing activity in relation to Tropical Important Plant Areas and specimen records cited by Lisowski (2009) of taxa not represented in other sources. These data were complemented by: data obtained from GBIF for specimens deposited at K, MO and P; data sourced from P and georeferenced via the Guinea BID project; data sourced from BR, MO and WAG informed by the Rainbio database; specimen data provided by individual taxon specialists. The Guinea Names Backbone Database is based on a 2019 download from the African Plants Database (APD continuously updated) for the Tropical Africa area. This was complemented by Plants of the World Online records for all taxa reported in Lisowski (2009). Records are added for taxa new to science as they are published. The Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea, generated automatically from the Guinea Collections Database and the Guinea Names Backbone Database, underwent two rounds of expert review by 41 taxon and region specialists named below. For groups lacking a taxon specialist APD was followed. We thank the taxon specialists and regional experts whose expert review has been fundamental to the quality of CVPRG. We thank all those who have compiled and shared specimen or names data with us over the years.

Family and Contributing Specialists: ACANTHACEAE Iain Darbyshire AIZOACEAE Iain Darbyshire AMARANTHACEAE Iain Darbyshire ANCISTROCLADACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore ANNONACEAE George Gosline APIACEAE Iain Darbyshire APOCYNACEAE David Goyder, Carel Jongkind AQUIFOLIACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore ARACEAE Simon Mayo, Charlotte Couch ARECACEAE Thomas Couvreur ASTERACEAE D.J.Nicholas Hind BASELLACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore BEGONIACEAE Mark Sosef BIXACEAE Gbamon Konomou BROMELIACEAE Gbamon Konomou BURSERACEAE Jean Michel Onana CALOPHYLLACEAE Gbamon Konomou CANNACEAE Gbamon Konomou CARDIOPTERIDACEAE Tim Utteridge CARICACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore CARYOPHYLLACEAE Iain Darbyshire CELASTRACEAE George Gosline CHRYSOBALANACEAE Iain Prance COLCHICACEAE Gbamon Konomou COMBRETACEAE Carel Jongkind COMMELINACEAE Ehoarn Bidault CONNARACEAE Carel Jongkind CONVOLVULACEAE Ana Rita Simões CRASSULACEAE Gbamon Konomou CYPERACEAE Isabel Larridon DIONCOPHYLLACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore DIOSCOREACEAE Paul Wilkin DIPTEROCARPACEAE Gbamon Konomou DROSERACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore EBENACEAE George Gosline ERICACEAE Gbamon Konomou ERIOCAULACEAE Sylvia Phillips EUPHORBIACEAE Gill Challen FABACEAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Gwil Lewis FABACEAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE-MIMOSOID Gwil Lewis, Xander van der Burgt FABACEAE-CERCIDOIDEAE Gwil Lewis FABACEAE-DETARIOIDEAE Gwil Lewis, Xander van der Burgt FABACEAE-DIALIOIDEAE Gwil Lewis, Xander van der Burgt FABACEAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Gwil Lewis, Brian Schrire FERNS and Fern allies Aurelie Grall GENTIANACEAE Tim Utteridge GESNERIACEAE Iain Darbyshire, David Goyder GISEKIACEAE Iain Darbyshire GOODENIACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore HERNANDIACEAE Charlotte Couch ICACINACEAE Tim Utteridge IRIDACEAE Xander van der Burgt IRVINGIACEAE David Harris IXONANTHACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore LAMIACEAE Alan Paton LAURACEAE Charlotte Couch LECYTHIDACEAE Carel Jongkind LINDERNIACEAE Iain Darbyshire MALVACEAE Martin Cheek MARANTACEAE Alexandra Ley MELASTOMATACEAE Doug Stone MELIACEAE Martin Cheek MELIANTHACEAE Gbamon Konomou MOLLUGINACEAE Iain Darbyshire MORACEAE Charlotte Couch MORINGACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore MUSACEAE Gbamon Konomou MYRISTICACEAE Charlotte Couch MYRTACEAE Eve Lucas OCHNACEAE Toral Shah OLACACEAE George Gosline OLEACEAE Carel Jongkind ORCHIDACEAE Tariq Stevart, Andre Schuiteman, Charlotte Couch OROBANCHACEAE Iain Darbyshire PANDACEAE Gbamon Konomou PHYLLANTHACEAE Gill Challen PHYTOLACCACEAE Tokpa Seny Dore, Iain Darbyshire PICRODENDRACEAE Gill Challen PLUMBAGINACEAE Iain Darbyshire POACEAE Martin Xanthos PODOSTEMACEAE Martin Cheek POLYGALACEAE Jorge Paiva POLYGONACEAE Iain Darbyshire PONTEDERIACEAE Gbamon Konomou PRIMULACEAE Tim Utteridge PROTEACEAE Gbamon Konomou PUTRANJIVACEAE Alejandro Quintanar, David Harris RANUNCULACEAE Gbamon Konomou RHAMNACEAE Daniel Cahen RUBIACEAE Martin Cheek, Sally Dawson RUTACEAE Martin Cheek SAPOTACEAE Saba Rokni SMILACACEAE Gbamon Konomou THEACEAE Gbamon Konomou THYMELAEACEAE Xander URTICACEAE Alex Monro XYRIDACEAE Mike Lock ZINGIBERACEAE Mike Lock, David Harris

Data Records

The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 33,950 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Taxon (core)
33950
Distribution 
7407
Occurrence 
4028

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GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: d49f60ba-a9f7-4be7-88e8-4758c41ee2e8.  Herbier National de Guinée (HNG) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Guinea.

Keywords

Checklist; Inventoryregional

Contacts

George Gosline
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • User
  • Point Of Contact
Africa Team HRA
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
TW93AE Richmond
Surrey
GB
Ehoarn Bidault
  • Originator
Researcher
Missouri Botanical Garden
Xander van der Burgt
  • Originator
researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Herbarium
TW93AE Richmond Surrey
GB
Daniel Cahen
  • Originator
researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Gill Challen
  • Originator
Associate
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Nagnouma Condé
  • Originator
Researcher
Herbier National de Guinée
Charlotte Couch
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Thomas L.P. Couvreur
  • Originator
Researcher
CIRAD, IRD, Montpellier
Léo-Paul M.J. Dagallier
  • Originator
Researcher
New York Botanical Garden
Iain Darbyshire
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sally Dawson
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tokpa Seny Doré
  • Originator
Researcher
Herbier National de Guinée
David Goyder
  • Originator
HRA
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Aurélie Grall
  • Originator
Researcher
University of Basel
Pépé Haba
  • Originator
Researcher
Herbier National de Guinée
Pierre Haba
  • Originator
Researcher
Herbier National de Guinée
David Harris
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
D.J. Nicholas Hind
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Carel Jongkind
  • Originator
Researcher
Meise Botanic Garden
Gbamom Konomou
  • Originator
Researcher
Herbier National de Guinée
Isabel Larridon
  • Originator
Research Leader
Royal Botani Gardens, Kew
Gwilym Lewis
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Alexandra Ley
  • Originator
Researcher
Martin Luther University, Halle
Michael Lock
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Eve Lucas
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sékou Magassouba
  • Originator
Director
Herbier National de Guinée
Simon Mayo
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Denise Molmou
  • Originator
Researcher
Herbier National de Guinée
Alexandre Monro
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Jean Michel Onana
  • Originator
Researcher
Université de Yaoundé 1, Cameroon
Jorge Paiva
  • Originator
Researcher
University of Coimbra
Alan Paton
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Sylvia Philips
  • Originator
HRA
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ghillian Prance
  • Originator
HRF
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Alejandro Quintanar
  • Originator
Researcher
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid CSIC
Saba Rokni
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Toral Shah
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Brian Schrire
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
André Schuiteman
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Ana Rita Giraldes Simões
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Marc Sosef
  • Originator
Researcher
Meise Botanic Garden
Tariq Stévart
  • Originator
Researcher
Missouri Botanical Garden
R. Doug Stone
  • Originator
Researcher
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Tim Utteridge
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Paul Wilkin
  • Originator
Priority Leader
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Martin Xanthos
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Eimear Nic Lughadha
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Rafaël Govaerts
  • Originator
Researcher
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew
Martin Cheek
  • Originator
Head of Africa Section, Accelerated Taxonomy
Royal Botanic Garden, Kew

Geographic Coverage

Republic of Guinea

Bounding Coordinates South West [7.057, -15.205], North East [13.069, -7.559]

Taxonomic Coverage

Vascular Plants

Kingdom Plantae (plants)

Bibliographic Citations

  1. Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X. et al. A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Sci Data 10, 327 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02236-6

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers d49f60ba-a9f7-4be7-88e8-4758c41ee2e8
https://ipt-guinee.gbif.fr/resource?r=cvprepguinea