| 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 |