Identification

Title

A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland

Abstract

The dataset contains a current inventory of vascular plant species and their attributes present in the flora of Britain and Ireland. The species list is based on the most recent key to the flora of Britain and Ireland, with taxon names linked to unique Kew taxon identifiers and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants, and includes both native and non-native species. Attribute data stem from a variety of sources to give an overview of the current state of the vascular flora. Attributes include functional traits, distribution and ecologically relevant data (e.g. genome size, chromosome numbers, spatial distribution, growth form, hybridization metrics and native/non-native status). The data include previously unpublished genome size measurements, chromosome counts and CSR life strategy assessments. The database aims to provide an up-to-date starting point for flora-wide analyses. This dataset will be available under the terms of the Open Government Licence https://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/licences/OGL/plain Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

biota

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Species Distribution

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

resource

Britain

Ireland

flora

vascular plants

functional traits

ecological attributes

genome size

chromosome counts

distribution

biome

DNA barcodes

hybridization

Raunkiaer

life-form

Ellenberg

niche

CSR strategy

native

alien

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-11.46

East bounding longitude

1.768

North bounding latitude

60.861

South bounding latitude

49.807

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-09-20

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The data were compiled from a range of sources, the vast majority of which are previously published field guides, atlases or peer reviewed articles. All such data are delivered with full references to their source (see Supplemental Table 1 & 2). Any new data presented here were either determined experimentally, following best practice protocols, calculated using peer-reviewed methods, or supplied by one of the expert authors on this publication. Where data were manually extracted from print sources, spot checks were conducted at various stages throughout the data collection to verify that mistakes had been kept to a minimum. When data were added from online or other digital resources, species binomial and taxonomic authority information were used to match data to the species in the list. This matching process was manually checked for each dataset.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

explanation

Data format

name of format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Henniges, M.C., Powell, R.F., Mian, S., Stace, C.A., Walker, K.J., Gornall, R.J., Christenhusz, M.J.M., Brown, M.R., Twyford, A.D., Hollingsworth, P.M., Jones, L., De Vere, N., Antonelli, A., Leitch, A.R., Leitch, I.J. (2021). A taxonomic, genetic and ecological data resource for the vascular plants of Britain and Ireland. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9f097d82-7560-4ed2-af13-604a9110cf6d

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew/Queen Mary University of London

email address

marie.c.henniges@gmail.com

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

email address

r.powell@kew.org

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

email address

s.mian@kew.org

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Unaffiliated

email address

cstace@btinternet.com

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland

email address

kevin.walker@bsbi.org

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Leicester

email address

rjg@leicester.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

email address

m.christenhusz@kew.org

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Edinburgh

email address

mb39@sanger.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

University of Edinburgh

email address

alex.twyford@ed.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

email address

phollingsworth@rbge.org.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

National Botanic Garden of Wales

email address

laura.jones@gardenofwales.org.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen University

email address

natasha.de.vere@snm.ku.dk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

email address

a.antonelli@kew.org

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Queen Mary University of London

email address

a.r.leitch@qmul.ac.uk

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

email address

i.leitch@kew.org

responsible party role

author

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Responsible party

organisation name

NERC Environmental Information Data Centre

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

publisher

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

email address

enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

email address

marie.c.henniges@gmail.com

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

UK

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-11-30T09:26:45

Metadata language