Status and spatial diversity of Sorghum wild species in Malawi.

Nolipher Khaki Mponya1, Nigel Maxted2, Zacharia Magombo3, Moses Maliro4

1 MPGRC, Box 158,, Lilongwe, Malawi; 2 University of Birmingham, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Birmingham, B 15 2TT, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom; 3 National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi, Livingstone Old Naisi Road Junction,Box 528, Zomba, Malawi; 4 Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Box 219, Lilongwe, Malawi

Corresponding author(s): Nolipher Khaki Mponya (noliemponya@yahoo.com)Nigel Maxted (n.maxted@bham.ac.uk)

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Resource Citation

Khaki Mponya N, Maxted N (2018): Status and spatial diversity of Sorghum wild species in Malawi.. v1.8. Malawi Plant Genetic Resources Centre (MPGRC). Dataset/Occurrence. http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=cwr&v=1.8

Abstract

Status and spatial diversity of sorghum wild species project is supported by the European Union through Global Biodiversity Information Facility(GBIF) and Biodiversity Information for Development(BID).The project has a goal of generating data about crop wild relatives of sorghum that occur in Malawi for research and sustainable conservation purposes.

Sorghum wild species occurrence data documented and published through this project is an overview of Sorghum crop wild species occurring in Malawi. The Malawi Plant Genetic Resources Centre leads the project in collaboration with University of Birmingham, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi and National Commission for Science and Technology.

Keywords: Occurrence, Observation

General description

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to increase information availability about the occurrence of wild sorghum species in Malawi and share this information for sustainable conservation and research.

Project details

Project title: Status and spatial diversity of sorghum wild species in Malawi
Personnel: Nolipher Khaki Mponya, Dr. Wilkson Makumba, Dr. Zacharia Magombo, Prof. Moses F.A. Maliro
Funding: This project is funded by the European Union and Global Biodiversity Information facility (GBIF) through Biodiversity Information for Development initiative(BID).
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The project area of impact is Malawi. However, the data published currently were observations made from the Central and Southern regions only. We hope to report species observation data for the rest of the regions in the next publication.

Data published through GBIF: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=cwr

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Occurrence data reported here is classified to species and sub species levels only.
Taxonomic ranks
Species: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, Sorghum versicolor, Sorghum halepense, Sorghum sudanensis
Subspecies: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subspecies. arundinaceum, Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum
Common names: Sorghum, Sorghum, Sorghum, Sorghum, Sorghum, Sorghum

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: For this data set, Wild sorghum species observations were made in the Central and Southern Region of Malawi.
Coordinates: 17°7'12''S and 13°36'10.8''S Latitude; 34°19'55.2''E and 35°52'12''E Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: Images of sorghum wild species were captured with I phones and Cameras and passport information was digitized. For the field observation, samples of the specimen were collected together with associated data. The project team ensured that all the data points were Geo referenced according to the standards. Scientific names were crosschecked with those of accepted ones.
Study extent description: The project was implemented in Malawi and the data reported in this project cuts across the country. It should be noted that this first data set covers only three regions thus; Central, South and Eastern regions.
Sampling description: Field sampling was guided by Eco geographical surveys, past field observations and experts knowledge which revealed areas where the wild sorghum species occurred across Malawi.
Quality control description: Data set published in this was cleaned with a number of tools. Coordinates of the occurrence sites were mapped using google earth to ensure that ensure that all coordinates are falling within the target area. Data points were plotted on the map of Malawi to ensure that only points falling within Malawi are reported.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Status and spatial diversity of Sorghum wild species in Malawi.
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/archive.do?r=cwr
Publication date of data: 2025-06-03
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2018-08-16
Hierarchy level: Dataset

References
Data from RBG Kew HerbCat database downloaded on 28 Mar 2017 at 00:39 BST