Repository details

African Plants

Name of repository
African Plants
Additional name(s)
  • A Photo Guide
Repository URL
https://africanplants.senckenberg.de/item/1
Subject(s)
Description
The database contains photographs of plants from West Africa in a broad geographical sense, mainly from the savanna regions.
Contact(s)
  • support: westafricanplants@senckenberg.de
Content type(s)
Keyword(s)
Repository size
40.4316 photos; 3.580 illustrated species
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://africanplants.senckenberg.de/item/4
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
  • German
  • French
Data and/or service provider
  • dataProvider

Dates

Started
2008-08

Institutions (7)

Institution name
BIOTA AFRICA
Additional name(s)
  • BIOdiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Biodiversität und Klima - Forschungszentrum
Additional name(s)
  • Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
  • BiK-F
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Additional name(s)
  • Goethe University Frankfurt
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Start date of responsibility
2008-08
Institution name
UNDESERT
Additional name(s)
  • understanding and combating desertification to mitigate its impact on ecosystem services
Country
Denmark
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Universität Rostock, Institut für Biowissenschaften
Country
Germany
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Université de Ouagadougou
Institution identifier(s)
Country
Burkina Faso
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy name
Terms and Conditions
Policy name
Help and User's Guide

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

Data license
other

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • institutional membership

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Projects and Partners
Name of the repository software
  • other
Versioning
no
Data citation guideline
https://africanplants.senckenberg.de/item/5

Remarks

Remarks
West African Plants - a photo guide is a part of 'African Plants'. Further parts are 'East African Plants' and 'Central African Plants'. The geographical scope was expanded to cover Central and East Africa in 2010 and the entire African continent in 2014. With an improved version being launched on a new platform in 2026, Macaronesia and Madagascar have also been included.
Entry date
2013-03-21
Last update
2026-03-10
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re3data.org: African Plants; editing status 2026-03-10; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. https://doi.org/10.17616/R39W3P last accessed: 2026-03-18