January 9, 2018

Pennisetum records in Katsina Flora

I see repeatedly Pennisetum records from the Katsina Flora project identified as P. setaceum. P. setaceum is an East African species that does not occur naturally in Nigeria. You can find some photos on http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=107870 and http://eol.org/pages/1115117/media .
The Pennisetum records I have seen on the project records are all P. pedicellatum http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=1225, but there may also be P. polystachion http://www.africanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=78&id=1226 around, and maybe a few other species.
Please help to correct the misidentifications.
Best regards,
Marco

Posted on January 9, 2018 09:07 PM by marcoschmidtffm marcoschmidtffm | 1 comment | Leave a comment

October 28, 2017

Urgent call for students

I recently noticed a bunch of observations where photos were taken from the internet (or other iNat users), and uploaded as observations by users of the Katsina flora project. Even though, this can be due to using iNat's "visually similar" function, this should not be taken for granted.

By this notice, I want to emphasise that you must only share observations if you have taken the photos by yourself. Everyone should carefully review his/her observations, and remove those that are not theirs. Otherwise they risk having their accounts being removed and will not be assessed.

You should also note that the Where (location) and When (date) of observations is the most important bit of information on iNaturalist. Only observations with a location and date can become "Research Grade", and locations should be mapped as precisely as possible.

I recommend project participants to use photo guide for identification: http://www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=17
And the FWTA eBook will also be useful: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25442466M/Flora_of_West_Tropical_Africa.

Posted on October 28, 2017 05:08 PM by abubello abubello | 4 comments | Leave a comment

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