Pomar Urbano: Taxonomic List of Brazilian Fruit-Bearing Plants

A curated taxonomic list of fruit-bearing plants for human consumption, managed by the Pomar Urbano project. The dataset includes accepted, newly added, and removed species, with metadata such as scientific name, family, vernacular name, origin, and geographic distribution within Brazil's macro-regions. Vernacular names are provided only in Portuguese.

Use Cases

• [Species inventory and tracking] based on the lists of accepted, added, and removed species
• [Biogeographic analysis] based on the geographic distribution field for Brazilian macro-regions
• [Taxonomic classification and study] based on the scientific name and family metadata
• [Analysis of plant introduction and origin] based on the origin field describing human-mediated introduction

Strengths

• Curated by a specific research project (Pomar Urbano), indicating a defined scope and purpose
• Includes versioned tracking of species additions and removals (v.3.0), supporting change analysis

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, file size, and specific last update date are unavailable across all sources
• Vernacular names are exclusively in Portuguese, which may limit use by international researchers without language processing
• Geographic distribution is limited to Brazilian macro-regions, lacking finer granularity

Provenance

Source

Pomar Urbano project, Universidade de São Paulo

Collection Method

Taxonomic curation by project team

Geography

Brazil (macro-regions: Sul, Sudeste, Centro-Oeste, Nordeste, Norte)