WRSL Flora of the Silesia

Occurrence
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Publication date:
11 July 2025
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Description

The dataset covers information about specimens of vascular plants collected within the area of Silesia region (SW Poland) from the 19th century to 1998.

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 4,578 records.

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Versions

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is University of Wrocław. 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: 139c8540-af9e-11db-ad75-b8a03c50a862.  University of Wrocław publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Polish Biodiversity Information Network.

Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Krzysztof Świerkosz
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Professor
University of Wrocław, Museum of Natural History
Sienkiewicza 21
50-335 Wrocław
Dolnośląskie
PL
Jacek Stefaniak
  • Metadata Provider
  • Point Of Contact
Data Technician
University of Wrocław, Museum of Natural History
Sienkiewicza 21
50-335 Wrocław
Dolnośląskie
PL

Geographic Coverage

Silesia s a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately 40,000 km2 (15,400 sq mi).

Bounding Coordinates South West [49.379, 13.535], North East [52.133, 18.896]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Family Zannichelliaceae, Butomaceae, Poaceae, Woodsiaceae, Dryopteridaceae, Potamogetonaceae, Azollaceae, Taxaceae, Thelypteridaceae, Blechnaceae, Marsileaceae, Rosaceae, Sparganiaceae, Equisetaceae, Salviniaceae, Polypodiaceae, Hydrocharitaceae, Selaginellaceae, Hypolepidaceae, Lycopodiaceae, Osmundaceae, Apiaceae, Ginkgoaceae, Aspleniaceae, Cupressaceae, Typhaceae, Pinaceae, Isoetaceae, Ophioglossaceae, Onocleaceae, Pteridaceae, Adiantaceae, Najadaceae, Alismataceae, Scheuchzeriaceae

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1804-05-15 / 1998-09-27

Collection Data

Collection Name Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław Collection
Collection Identifier MNHW
Collection Name Herbarium Silesiacum
Parent Collection Identifier WRSL
Collection Name Herbarium of the Museum of Natural History of the University of Wrocław
Collection Identifier WRSL
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 139c8540-af9e-11db-ad75-b8a03c50a862
https://ipt.gbif.pl/resource?r=uwr_mnhw_wrsl_silesia