DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8176318
title: The global distribution of plants used by humans datasets: list of utilised species, occurrence data and model outputs at 10 arc-minutes spatial resolution

description: Datasets and model outputs used to map the global distribution of utilised plants by humans. The folder is composed of two subfolders raw_data and processed_data containing respectively the list of utilised plant species modelled -utilised_plants_species_list.csv-, and their occurrence data -occurrence_data.zip- and predicted distribution -species_proba_per_cell.rds-.
 

The file utilised_plants_species_list.csv in the raw_data folder contains a list of 35687 plant species (and hybrids) used by humans and 10 plant use categories with the following 13 fields:
binomial_acc_name: binomial accepted name of the plant species
author_acc_name:  name of the author(s)
AnimalFood: forage and fodder for vertebrate animals only.
EnvironmentalUses: examples include intercrops and nurse crops, ornamentals, barrier hedges, shade plants, windbreaks, soil improvers, plants for revegetation and erosion control, wastewater purifiers, indicators of the presence of metals, pollution, or underground water.
Fuels: charcoal, petroleum substitutes, fuel alcohols, etc. Given the importance of energy plants for people, those were distinguished from Materials.
GeneSources: wild relatives of major crops which may possess traits associated with biotic or abiotic resistance and may be valuable for breeding programs.
HumanFood: food for humans only, including beverages and food additives.
InvertebrateFood: plants consumed by invertebrates used by humans, such as bees, silkworms, lac insects and edible grubs.
Materials: woods, fibers, cork, cane, tannins, latex, resins, gums, waxes, oils, lipids, etc. and their derived products.
Medicines: both human and veterinary.
Poisons: plants which are poisonous to both vertebrates and invertebrates, both accidentally and intentionally, e.g., for hunting and fishing, molluscicides, herbicides, insecticides.
SocialsUses: plants used for social purposes, which cannot be defined as food or medicine, for instance, masticatories, smoking materials, narcotics, hallucinogens and psychoactive drugs, and plants with ritual or religious significance.
Totals: total number of uses recorded for a species
 

The zipfile occurrence_data.zip in the processed_data folder contains 35687 Comma Separated Values (CSV) files, one for each species, containing curated geographic occurrence records used to  build species distribution models with the following 14 fields:
Species: the binomial accepted name of the species
Fullname:  same as species
decimalLongitude: the geographic longitude of the occurrence records of the species in decimal degrees
decimalLatitude: the geographic latitude of the occurrence records of the species in decimal degrees
countryCode: a three-letter standard abbreviation for the country of the occurrence locality
coordinateUncertaintyinMeters: indicator for the accuracy of the coordinate location, described as the radius of a circle around the stated point location
year: year of the observation of the occurrence record of the species
individualCount: the number of individuals present at the time of the observation
gbifID: unique identifier number for the occurrence from the original database
basisOfRecords: the type of the individual record, e.g. observation, physical specimen, fossil, living ex-situ, culture collection specimen
institutionCode: the name of the institution or organization listed as the data publisher on GBIF
establishmentMeans: statement about whether an organism has been introduced to a given place and time through the direct or indirect activity of modern humans
is_cultivated_observation: whether or not an organism is cultivated
sourceID: name of the source database
 

The file species_proba_per_cell.rds in the processed_data folder is a R Data Serialization (RDS) file containing a data.table object with the following three fields:
species: index number of the species between 1-35494
proba: species occurrence probability
cell: raster grid cell number between 1-2251762
This object can be used in combination with a raster layer to reconstruct the modelled distribution of each species or retrieve species richness and endemism.
description: This research was funded by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Samuel Pironon and Ian Ondo are supported by the Calleva Foundation.
MGU and Wiet Pot Family Foundation have funded part of the data compilation work within the framework of the Useful Plants Project.
Alexander Antonelli is supported by the Swedish Research Council (2019-05191) and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research MISTRA (Project BioPath).
Rodridgo Cámara-Leret is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation Starting Grant (INDIGENOMICS: TMSGI3_211659).