Dataset on reference specimens of medicinal plants collected under ORSTOM field works and conserved at the CNARP herbarium

Roland RAKOTONDRAJAONA1, Stéphan RAKOTONANDRASANA2, Jaona RANAIVO3, Herizo RANDRIAMBANONA4, Jaona Ranaivo5

1 CNARP, Rue RAHAJARIZAFY RP Ambodivoanjo, 101, Antananariov; 2 CNARP, Rue RAHAJARIZAFY RP Ambodivoanjo, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar; 3 MadBIF, Po. Box 1739, 101, Antananarivo; 4 MadBIF, Po. Box 1739, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar; 5 MadBIF, Po. Box 39, 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

Corresponding author(s): Roland RAKOTONDRAJAONA (rolandrakotondrajaona@yahoo.fr), Stéphan RAKOTONANDRASANA (stephanandrasana@yahoo.fr), Jaona RANAIVO (ranaivo_jaona@yahoo.fr), Herizo RANDRIAMBANONA (zombanona@yahoo.fr)

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Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper.

Resource Citation

RAKOTONDRAJAONA R (2017): Dataset on reference specimens of medicinal plants collected under ORSTOM field works and conserved at the CNARP herbarium. v1.1. Madagascar Biodiversity Information Facility (MadBIF). Dataset/Metadata. http://ipt.madbif.mg/resource?r=medicinal_plants_orstom_cnarp&v=1.1

Abstract

This dataset concerns medicinal plant specimens collected under medicinal plants census program carried out by the medicinal plants section of the ORSTOM In between 1962 to 1972,  the medicinal plants section of the ORSTOM carried out in Madagascar an intensive research and collected a large amount of plant specimens for reference. By the end of the program, these specimens were handed to CNARP as the national reference institution for medicinal plants at the end of the program.

Keywords: Metadata, Plantae, Tracheophyta, Medicinal plant

General description

Purpose: to document the dataset

Project details

Project title: Digitization of the medicinal plant specimens collected through the NCI program and conserved at the herbarium of the Department of Ethnobotany of CNARP
Personnel: Stéphan RAKOTONANDRASANA, Roland RAKOTONDRAJAONA
Funding: The initiation of the project was funded by SEP - CEPDEC 1 through MadBIF

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.madbif.mg/resource?r=medicinal_plants_orstom_cnarp

Taxonomic coverage

General taxonomic coverage description: Plantae; Tracheophyta
Taxonomic ranks
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Common names: Plants

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: This dataset concerns specimens collected throughout the Malagasy territory
Coordinates: 25°41'60''S and 12°0'36''S Latitude; 43°6'0''E and 50°32'24''E Longitude 

Temporal coverage: 1962 - 1972

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2017-08-14
Hierarchy level: Dataset