Species occurence dataset of the pantropical Caesalpinia Group

Edeline Gagnon1, Jens Ringelberg2, Gwilym P. Lewis3, Colin E. Hughes2, Anne Bruneau4, Carole Sinou5

1 Royal Botanical Gardens of Edinburgh, 20a Inverleith Row, EH3 5LR, Edinburgh, United Kingdom; 2 University Of Zurich, Institute Of Systematic Botany, Zollikerstrasse 107,, 8008, Zürich, Switzerland; 3 Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology Department, Herbarium Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AE, Kew, RIchmond, United Kingdom; 4 Université de Montréal, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, 4101 Rue Sherbrooke Est, H1X 2B2, Montreal, Canada; 5 

Corresponding author(s): Edeline Gagnon (edeline.gagnon@gmail.com)Jens Ringelberg (jens.ringelberg@systbot.uzh.ch)Gwilym P. Lewis (G.Lewis@kew.org)Colin E. Hughes (colin.hughes@systbot.uzh.ch)Anne Bruneau (anne.bruneau@umontreal.ca), Carole Sinou (carole.sinou@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Gagnon E, Ringelberg J, Lewis G P, Bruneau A, Hughes C E (2018): Species occurrence dataset of the pantropical Caesalpinia Group. v1. Université de Montréal Biodiversity Centre. Dataset/Occurrence. http://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=caesalpinia-gagnon&amp;v=1.0 https://doi.org/10.5886/dpjv5u

Abstract

A total of 17,260 species occurrence data spanning more than 200 species and infraspecific taxa and all 26 genera, were assembled to generate the Caesalpinia Group distribution maps. Vouchered occurrence records (Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen) were downloaded from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; (June 2017), SEINet (http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/) and DryFlor (http://www.dryflor.info/). To improve accuracy, the distribution of each species was mapped and checked against monographs or expert knowledge, and obvious outliers removed. Occurrence points located in the sea, in botanical gardens, on the centroid of a country, or with coordinates only at the level of degrees, were removed. Data handling was performed in R (R Core Team, 2018).
This dataset was generated as part of the following publication: Gagnon, E., Ringelberg, J., Lewis, G.P., Bruneau, A. & Hughes, C.E. (2018; accepted, pending revisions) Global Succulent Biome phylogenetic conservatism across the pantropical Caesalpinia Group (Leguminosae). New Phytologist.

Keywords: Occurrence, Specimen

Project details

Project title: Global Succulent Biome phylogenetic conservatism across the pantropical Caesalpinia Group (Leguminosae)
Personnel: Edeline Gagnon
Funding: Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Discovery Grant to Anne Bruneau); Swiss National Science Foundation (grants 31003A_135522/1 and 31003A_156140 to Colin E. Hughes);
Claraz-Schenkung Foundation; Fonds de recherche en sciences, nature et technologies du QuébecQuebec Center for Biodiversity Science for fellowships to EG; and Calcul Québec for computational support.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: Pantropical

Data published through GBIF: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/resource?r=caesalpinia-gagnon

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: All 26 genera currently accepted in the Caesalpinia group (subfamily Caesalpinioideae, in the Leguminosae/Fabaceae) including a lineage that is currently being reviewed as a possible 27th genera (Ticanto Clade).
Taxonomic ranks
Genus: Tara, Coulteria, Libidibia, Paubrasilia, Denisophytum, Haematoxylum, Lophocarpinia, Hererolandia, Cenostigma, Stuhlmannia, Cordeauxia, Erythrostemon, Arquita, Pomaria, Hoffmannseggia, Stenodrepanum, Balsamocarpon, Zuccagnia, Hultholia, Guilandina, Gelrebia, Moullava, Mezoneuron, Pterolobium, Biancaea, Caesalpinia, Ticanto

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Global (pantropical)
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Data handling was performed in R (R Core Team, 2018), and scripts are available upon request from the authors of the dataset.
Study extent description: Pantropical (all distribution of 225 species + infraspecific taxa within the Caesalpinia Group).
Sampling description: Vouchered (Basis of Record: Preserved Specimen) occurrence records were downloaded from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; June 2017), SEINet (http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/) and DryFlor (http://www.dryflor.info/).  A total of 17,260 occurrence records were kept as part of the final dataset.
Quality control description: Occurrence points located in the sea, in botanical gardens, on the centroid of a country, or with coordinates only at the level of degrees, were removed. To improve accuracy, the distribution of each species was mapped and checked against monographs or expert knowledge, and obvious outliers removed.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Species occurence dataset of the pantropical Caesalpinia Group
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: https://data.canadensys.net/ipt/archive.do?r=caesalpinia-gagnon
Publication date of data: 2019-10-23
Language: English
Licences of use: Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-11-26
Hierarchy level: Dataset