GBIF Species Occurrence Records for 22292 Specimens and Literature Observations

GBIF.Org User provides a dataset of 22,292 species occurrence records matching a specific taxonomic query. The data is aggregated from 304 constituent datasets and includes only records with geographic coordinates and no known geospatial issues. Records are limited to specimens or literature occurrences for a defined list of plant taxa, including genera like Caesalpinia and Haematoxylum.

Use Cases

• Modeling species distribution for specific plant genera based on geospatial coordinates.
• Analyzing the geographic spread of botanical specimens mentioned in the literature.
• Validating taxonomic classifications for the listed genera using occurrence data.
• Training models to identify data quality issues in biodiversity records.

Strengths

• Contains 22,292 georeferenced occurrence records.
• Aggregated from 304 distinct source datasets, suggesting broad source coverage.
• Filtered to exclude records with known geospatial issues, which likely improves coordinate reliability.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Data may reflect geographic or taxonomic bias inherent to the specific GBIF query and contributing datasets.

Provenance

Source

GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)

Collection Method

Aggregated download via the GBIF API matching a specific taxonomic and quality filter query.

Geography

Global (inferred from GBIF's global scope and presence of coordinates)