URK Plant Distribution Database

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Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 141,500 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Pielech R, Foremnik K (2025). URK Plant Distribution Database. Version 1.1. University of Agriculture in Krakow. Occurrence dataset. https://ipt.gbif.pl/resource?r=imbio-urk-plant-distribution-db&v=1.1

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Agriculture in Krakow. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 6bbdcdd8-d037-4632-a8b7-d24b5143fd92. University of Agriculture in Krakow publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Polish Biodiversity Information Network.

Keywords

distribution; phytosociology; releve; souther poland; vascular plants; KSIB; Digital Poland: IMBIO Project; Polish Biodiversity Information Network; Occurrence; Specimen

Contacts

Remigiusz Pielech

Originator

researcher

Jagiellonian University

Gronostajowa 3

30-387 Krakow

Małopolskie

PL

remigiusz.pielech@uj.edu.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8879-3305

Kacper Foremnik

Metadata Provider ●
Point Of Contact

Data Manager

University of Agriculture in Krakow

Al. Mickiewicza 21

31-120 Krakow

Małopolskie

PL

kacper.foremnik@urk.edu.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2654-4204

Piotr Tykarski

Editor

assistant professor

Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

Żwirki i Wigury 101

02-089 Warszawa

Mazowieckie

PL

p.tykarski@uw.edu.pl

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3259-8273

Geographic Coverage

All of the plant distribution data collected focuses on southern Poland.

Bounding Coordinates	South West [49.062, 15.004], North East [52.221, 23.29]

Taxonomic Coverage

Almost all vascular plants were idientified to species. Lichens were idientified do lichens (Fungi).

Kingdom	Fungi, Plantae
Phylum	Spermatophyta, Bryophyta, Marchantiophyta, Pteridophyta, Ascomycota
Class	Bryopsida, Polypodiopsida, Jungermanniopsida, Marchantiopsida, Lycopodiopsida, Eurotiomycetes, Pinopsida, Lecanoromycetes, Andreaeopsida, Sphagnopsida, Polytrichopsida, Eudicotyledons, Equisetopsida, Monocotyledons
Order	Celastrales, Arales, Dipsacales, Polytrichales, Geraniales, Cucurbitales, Tetraphidales, Asterales, Papaverales, Pelliales, Ericales, Aristolochiales, Poales, Malpighiales, Caliciales, Scrophulariales, Verrucariales, Ptilidiales, Boraginales, Lamiales, Caryophyllales, Dicranales, Cyperales, Lycopodiales, Rosales, Brassicales, Sapindales, Polemoniales, Pinales, Gentianales, Grimmiales, Orchidales, Santalales, Teloschistales, Metzgeriales, Hypnales, Pandanales, Alismatales, Hydrocharitales, Selaginellales, Jungermanniales, Fagales, Andreaeales, Ranunculales, Asparagales, Bryales, Myrtales, Polypodiales, Lecanorales, Campanulales, Potamogetonales, Malvales, Pottiales, Splachnales, Oleales, Taxales, Peltigerales, Liliales, Juncales, Marchantiales, Vitales, Equisetales, Saxifragales, Fabales, Cornales, Iridales, Apiales, Sphagnales

Project Data

The dataset resulted from the digitization project IMBIO, supported by the Operational Programme Digital Poland in 2020-2023. The IMBIO project is the most extensive Polish enterprise of natural data digitization, with respect to its range, complexity and volume of the processed content. There is 18 participant institutions with the University of Warsaw as a leader. The project delivered 9.5 million of occurrence records, c.a. 2 million of which are based on specimens deposited in collections, and the remaining data derived from other types of scientific sources: card files, legacy materials and bibliography, publicly unavailable older databases. Integration of these resources has made them accessible and searchable. The access platform is the new version of the Biodiversity Map portal (BioMap, https://portal.biomap.pl), while externally the resources are published via the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Title	Integration and Mobilization of Data about Biotic Diversity of Eukaryota in Resources of Polish Scientific Institutions (IMBIO)
Identifier	IMBIO
Funding	Project ID: POPC.02.03.01-00-0081/19. The funding source: the Operational Programme Digital Poland 2014-2020, category: 2.3.1 Digital access to public sector information from administrative sources and scientific resources (type II: Digital access to scientific resources).

The personnel involved in the project: