Swiss National Databank of Vascular Plants

Occurrence
Latest version published by Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch on Jul 8, 2025 Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch

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Description

This dataset is maintained by Info Flora (National Data and Information Center of Swiss Flora), a member of Info Species. It includes records of vascular plants from Switzerland and the adjacent area. Data sources include field observations provided by a large network of volunteer collaborators, environmental impact studies, national inventories (Red List strategy), museum collections, literature and academic work. The period covered by the data extends from 1700 to the present day. All data provided have been subject to a validation procedure.

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 6,144,978 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

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Rights

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The publisher and rights holder of this work is Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 83fdfd3d-3a25-4705-9fbe-3db1d1892b13.  Swiss National Biodiversity Data and Information Centres – infospecies.ch publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Switzerland.

Keywords

Occurrence; Occurrence

Contacts

Michael Jutzi
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Info Flora
c/o Botanischer Garten
CH-3013 Bern
CH
Monique Vilpert
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Info Flora
c/o Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
CH-1292 Chambésy-Genève
CH
Philippe Juillerat
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Info Flora
c/o Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques
CH-1292 Chambésy-Genève
Stefan Eggenberg
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
Info Flora
c/o Botanischer Garten
CH-3013 Bern
CH

Geographic Coverage

Switzerland and adjacent area

Bounding Coordinates South West [45.818, 5.956], North East [47.808, 10.492]

Taxonomic Coverage

No Description available

Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Class Lycopodiophyta, Pteridophyta, Angiospermae, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta, Pinophyta
Order Celastrales, Geraniales, Dipsacales, Cucurbitales, Dioscoreales, Asterales, Aquifoliales, Ericales, Solanales, Nyphaeales, Poales, Malpighiales, Garryales, Acorales, Boraginales, Lamiales, Caryophyllales, Buxales, Gnetales, Isoëtales, Lycopodiales, Zygophyllales, Rosales, Piperales, Commelinales, Brassicales, Sapindales, Gentianales, Pinales, Magnoliales, Ophioglossales, Santalales, Crossosomatales, Arecales, Alismatales, Selaginellales, Fagales, Ranunculales, Laurales, Ceratophyllales, Asparagales, Myrtales, Polypodiales, Malvales, Taxales, Proteales, Liliales, Vitales, Osmundales, Equisetales, Fabales, Saxifragales, Cornales, Oxalidales, Apiales, Salviniales, Ginkgoales

Temporal Coverage

Start Date / End Date 1714-05-22 / 2025-02-19

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers 83fdfd3d-3a25-4705-9fbe-3db1d1892b13
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