Togo National Herbarium database

By

Radji, Raoufou
Adjonou, Kossi
Marie-Luce Akossiwoa, Quashie
Sodjinou, Edjedu
Pando de la Hoz, Francisco
Kokou, Kouami

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

109

Pages

1-16

Subjects

herbarium collection , herbarium sheets , Liliopsida , Magnoliopsida , occurrence , Plants , RIHA , Togo , University of Lomé , West Africa

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.109.25385

 

Abstract

This article describes the herbarium database of the University of Lomé. The database provides a good representation of the current knowledge of the flora of Togo. The herbarium of University of Lomé, known also as Herbarium togoense is the national herbarium and is registered in Index Herbariorum with the abbreviation TOGO. It contains 15,000 specimens of vascular plants coming mostly from all Togo's ecofloristic regions. Less than one percent of the specimens are from neighbouring countries such as Ghana, Benin and Burkina Faso. Collecting site details are specified in more that 97% of the sheet labels, but only about 50% contain geographic coordinates. Besides being a research resource, the herbarium constitutes an educational collection. The dataset described in this paper is registered with GBIF and accessible at https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b05dd467-aaf8-4c67-843c-27f049057b78. It was developed with the RIHA software (Réseau Informatique des Herbiers d'Afrique). The RIHA system (Chevillotte and Florence 2006, Radji et al. 2009) allows the capture of label data and associated information such as synonyms, vernacular names, taxonomic hierarchy and references.