Morphological and Spectral Data for Hummingbird-Pollinated Salvia Species and Hybrids

A 1022.6 KB dataset from a 2026 study by Arturo Tavera and Eduardo Cuevas. It contains morphological and spectral reflectance data for two hummingbird-pollinated Salvia species and their putative hybrids. The data is provided in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Classifying putative plant hybrids based on morphological trait measurements.
• Analyzing floral color signal divergence using spectral reflectance data.
• Studying pollinator-mediated selection on floral traits in Salvia species.
• Investigating the relationship between morphological and spectral variation in hybridizing plant populations.

Strengths

• Data is openly available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Dataset size of 1022.6 KB suggests a focused, manageable collection for analysis.
• Specific focus on two Salvia species and their hybrids provides a clear comparative context.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Arturo Tavera and Eduardo Cuevas, via figshare.

Collection Method

Data generated for the study "Morphological and color signal divergence in putative hybrids between two hummingbird-pollinated Salvia species".

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-29 23:54:49; freshness should be verified.