datana (version 1.0.6)

species: Names and other information of plant species (mainly trees)

Description

This data set provides names (taxonomy), of plant species. Includes codes and name abbreviations used by the Biometrics group at the Forest Biometrics and Modelling Lab, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Usage

data(species)

Format

A data frame with 63 observations on 31 variables

nesp

Unique correlative specie number

spp.ci.name

Species scientific name

spp.ci.abb

Species scientific name abbreviation

common.name

Species common name. No blank spaces, no special characters

common.nameBlank

Species common name. With blank spaces, no special characters

esp

Species code: code given by CEM Biometrics to identify species for different processing routines

common.nameLatex

Species common name formatted for Latex

nTaxon

Unique number of the taxon (i.e., species)

kingdom

Taxonomic rank Kingdom. In this datase, all species belong to the Kingdom Plantae

division

Taxonomic rank division or phylum within the Kingdom

class

Taxonomic rank Class within the Kingdom

order

Taxonomic rank Order within the Class

family

Taxonomic rank Family within the Order

spp.ci.full

Full scientific name including author

genus

Taxonomic rank Genus within the Family

epithet

Specific epithet

spp.aut

Species author

subspp

Subespecies: one of two or more populations of a species varying from one another by morphological characteristics

subspp.aut

Subespecies author

varspp

Species variety or varietas

varspp.aut

Variety author

formspp

Form or forma

formspp.aut

Form author

commonNamesList

List of common names per species, separated by commas

synonyms

Synonyms of the scientific name by which the species has been or is known

borCountries

Border countries given the species distribution range

habit

Habit. The general appearance, growth form, or architecture e.g., tree, shrub, grass

lifeCycle

Life cycle

statusOri

Status according to the species origin: Native or Endemic

regDist

Distribution range of the species, within Chile administrative regions

elev.range

Distribution range of the species, in terms of elevation. Meters above sea level

notes

Notes

References

Proyecto 004/2016 Lista sistematica actualizada de la flora vascular nativa de Chile, origen y distribucion geografica. VII Concurso del Fondo de Investigacion del Bosque Nativo.

Examples

data(species)    
table(species$family)