4.13 PLANT DIVERSITY
Data ID
Description: Diversity of higher plants (spermatophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms) in Namibia
Chapter: 4 Living Resources
File name: plant diversity
File type: ArcView shapefile
Geographical area: Namibia
Keywords: plant

diversity

vegetation
Notes on data, analysis and Patricia Craven collected the information for plants from records in the National Herbarium of Namibia, the National
compilation: Herbarium in Pretoria , the taxonomic literature, personal communications with other botanists and her own research.

Patricia Craven and staff at NBRI collectively produced the shapefile using major land features as a guide.



Ref: Craven, P. (in prep). Phytogeography of Namibia - a taxon approach to the spermatophyte flora. MSc. thesis,

University of Stellenbosch.
Data quality and organisation
Positional Accuracy: low; crude
Vector/Raster: Vector
Spatial reference
Projection: Geographic
Fields
Field name Field description
DIVERSITY Diversity description: high, medium etc
CLASSES_7 Rank of 1 to 7 representing highest to lowest diversity
NO_SPECIES Number of species: 7 range classes from more than 500, to less

than 50
Source/Distribution
Data Source: Patricia Craven and NBRI
Contact: Patricia Craven
Online/Offline Address: Email: patdan@iafrica.com.na
Distribution notes: Unrestricted