Checklist of wild sorghum species that occur in Malawi

Nolipher Khaki Mponya1, Nigel Maxted2, Zacharia Lekodi Kwalila Magombo3, Nolipher Khaki Mponya4, Zacharia LK Magombo5, Moses Maliro6

1 MPGRC, Chitedze Research Station, 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, NHBGM, Box 528, Zomba, Malawi; 4 MPGRC, Chitedze Research Station, P.O.Box 158, Lilongwe, Malawi; 5 National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi, National Herbarium and Botanic Gardens of Malawi, Box 528,, Zomba, Malawi; 6 Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural resources, Lilongwe

Corresponding author(s): Nolipher Khaki Mponya (noliemponya@yahoo.com)Nigel Maxted (n.maxted@bham.ac.uk)Zacharia Lekodi Kwalila Magombo (zachmagombo@gmail.com)

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Resource Citation

Khaki Mponya N, Maxted N, Magombo Z L K (2019): Checklist of wild sorghum species that occur in Malawi. v1.2. Malawi Plant Genetic Resources Centre (MPGRC). Dataset/Occurrence. http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=pgr1&amp;v=1.0 http://41.77.13.208:8081/ipt/resource?r=pgr1&amp;v=1.0

Abstract

This is a checklist of sorghum wild species that occur in Malawi.

Keywords: Occurrence, Checklist, Observation

Project details

Project title: Checklist of wild sorghum species that occur in Malawi.
Personnel: Nolipher Khaki Mponya, Dr. Wilkson Makumba
Funding: The project received funding from European Union through Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) under Biodiversity Information for Development(BID) grant(BID-AF2017-0265-SMA) and was co funded by the Government of Malawi.
Study area descriptions/descriptor: The work focused on establishing sorghum wild species occurring in Malawi.
Design description: Species occurrence data was used for this study. Herbarium and botanic gardens were the main source of occurrence data. The main aim of the project was to establish the range distribution and diversity of sorghum wild species in order to encourage future use in sorghum improvement in Malawi and their sustainable conservation.

Data published through GBIF: http://196.32.215.240:8081/ipt/resource?r=pgr1

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Sorghum wild species observed across Malawi.
Coordinates: 16°55'51.6''S and 9°25'37.2''S Latitude; 33°4'8.4''E and 35°58'8.4''E Longitude 

Methods

Method step description: First was image capturing of her barium specimen. This was followed by digitization of the passport information associated with the captured specimen.Data with no coordinates was georeferenced using google maps. All data points were plotted on the Map of Malawi using DIVA GIS to identify species falling outside Malawi. The Plant list and global name resolver was used to validate taxonomic status of the species.
Study extent description: The study targeted wild sorghum species that occur in Malawi.
Sampling description: The study used species occurrence data. This included data with coordinates and non georeferenced data.

Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Checklist of wild sorghum species that occur 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=pgr1
Publication date of data: 2022-05-31
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2019-03-16
Hierarchy level: Dataset