DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.24115812.v3
title: <b>30 by 30 for plant diversity: how can we protect more of nature?</b>

description: <b>specimen_localities_for_mapping_FD.csv</b>Point localities of specimens held in natural history collections for a random sample of 575 angiosperm species that all occur in the continent of Africa. Some of the localities were georeferenced as part of this research. Localities were spatially disaggregated using the R package <i>ecospat</i> prior to use in Species Distribution Models that were then used to spatially project biodiversity metrics.Fields:1. SourceHow the specimen locality data was obtained: <b>GBIF</b> = from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, <b>TROPICOS</b><b> </b>= from Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, <b>Taxonomic_literature</b> = specimens cited in published taxonomic literature, <b>Kew_herbarium</b><b> </b>= specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. <b>RAINBIO =</b> RAINBIO species checklist of tropical African vascular plants, <b>LMA_herbarium</b> = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Agricultural Research Institute of Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique, <b>Kitwe_herbarium</b> = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Division of Forest Research Forestry Department, Kitwe, Zambia, <b>Edinburgh_herbarium</b> = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, <b>Windhoek_herbarium</b> = specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the National Herbarium of Namibia, <b>UPS_herbarium</b><b> </b>= specimens seen by authors in the herbarium of the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala, Sweden.2. Identitiy_numberIdentity number applied by GBIF to the specimen record3. scientificNameBinomial species name4. CountryCountry in which the specimen was made5. localityTextual description of the locality in which the specimen was made6. habitatTextual description of the habitat in which the specimen was made7. dayDay of the month on which the specimen was made8. monthMonth of the year on which the specimen was made9. yearYear in which the specimen was made10. recordedByPerson or people who made the specimen11. rec.NumberNumber given by collector to collection12. Error.Diam.Spatial error of georefencing (km)13. Min_Elev.M.Minimum altitude (m)14. Max_Elev.M.Maximum altitude (m)15. decimalLatitudeCoordinates of latitude16. decimalLongitudeCoordinates of longitude17. Label..notesAdditional information recorded about the location of specimen collection18. GeoreferencedWhether each specimen record was (1) or was not (0) georeferenced (i.e. coordinates inferred from a textual description of locality) during this research<br><b>taxonomic_references_from_which_trait_values_obtained.docx</b>Taxonomic publications from which trait values were extracted.<b>Downloadable_file_1.tif</b>Spatial raster file showing plant functional richness across Africa<b>Downloadable_file_2.tif</b>Spatial raster file showing 30% land area with highest functional richness at the scale of countries<b>Downloadable_file_3.tif</b>Spatial raster file showing 30% land area with highest functional richness at the scale of the continent of Africa<b>Downloadable_file_4.tif</b>Spatial raster file showing Standardised Effect Size for deviation between <i>Functional Richness</i> relative and <i>Species Richness</i>