Description
This is a checklist of all native and naturalized taxa of vascular plants (species, subspecies, forma, and varieties) mentioned as occurring in Greenland in Grønlands Flora, Böcher, Holmen, and Jakobsen, Haase, 1978. The checklist is a historically important inventory of the taxa occurring in Greenland known in 1978. Some taxa have been omitted even though mentioned in the flora: (1) Taxa mentioned as “possibly” or “maybe” occurring in Greenland, (2) Taxa not mentioned by unanimous scientific name (a few mentioned by chromosome number but not named), (3) Hybrids, (4) Taxa described as only occurring in Greenland as cultivated or farmed species have not been included. With the exception of taxa mentioned in full numbered description on level with all other main taxa (e.g. Avena sativa #706). The total number of native and naturalized taxa mentioned in Groenlands Flora is 766. This high number of taxa includes 583 species, 81 subspecies (15 species only represented by descriptions of subspecies or lower rank), 27 forma and 73 varieties. This number is much higher than the 497 native species which the authors state to have included 497. This inventory finds that the flora includes descriptions of 468 species (15 represented be description of subspecies) of native and naturalized species, 26 forma, 80 subspecies and 72 varieties). There is no detailed description of which species the authors included in their count in what categories.
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 766 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.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Jacobsen I B D (2020): Flora of Greenland Checklist. v1.3. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. Dataset/Checklist. https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=flora-of-greenland-checklist&v=1.3
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 0d27ff8a-50f4-4a3b-b7c4-0a4e5e786f28. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by DanBIF - Danish Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Checklist; Flora of Greenland
Contacts
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Geographic Coverage
This checklist is of the vascular plants of occurring in Greenland known in 1978.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [59.364, -74.18], North East [83.868, -10.195] |
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Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | Up until 1978 |
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Sampling Methods
Study of literature. The book Grønlands Flora has been meticulously and systematically examined and each mentioned taxon registered.
| Study Extent | This study is based on a thorough and meticulous examination of the species mentioned in Grønlands Flora (Flora of Greenland), Böher et al, Haase, 1978, which represented the most comprehensive synopsis of the flora of Greenland at the time of its publication in 1978. |
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| Quality Control | Internal quality control and cross checking have been performed. |
Method step description:
- Registration of individual taxon
- Spell check of scientific names
- Spell check of author abbreviations
- Registration of status (native/non-native/Both native and non-native strains)
- Cross checking taxon and flora
Bibliographic Citations
- Böcher, T.W., Holmen, K. & Jakobsen, K. (1978). P. Haase & Søns Forlag, Copenhagen, Denmark ISBN 87-559-0385-1 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/183098604
Additional Metadata
No further information.
| Purpose | The purpose of this checklist dataset to bring the content of Flora of Greenland into the digitized world of databases and GBIF. |
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| Maintenance Description | The dataset is historic and static but errors will be corrected as well as expanded with further information from the flora e.g. Danish vernacular names, distribution categories, and chromosome numbers. |
| Alternative Identifiers | 0d27ff8a-50f4-4a3b-b7c4-0a4e5e786f28 |
| https://danbif.au.dk/ipt/resource?r=flora-of-greenland-checklist |