Table 3 Content of Taxon Occurrence data download available from GBIF.

From: A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea

DwC Taxon Occurrence extension

Notes

Field Name

id

taxonID of associated taxon

basisOfRecord

Always “MaterialCitation” indicating a voucher

occurrenceID

Unique identifer for occurrence record

catalogNumber

Barcode of the specimen when available. First letters indicate herbarium where specimen is deposited.

For specimens lacking barcodes, “Lisowski” indicates source is Lisowski’s Flora.

recordNumber

Collector’s collection number

recordedBy

Collector

eventDate

Date of collection

countryCode

Always GN

decimalLatitude

When available

decimalLongitude

When available

taxonID

taxonID of the associated taxon. (Same as id)

scientificName

Full scientific name without author

  1. Field names (which appear as field headers in the download) and explanatory notes on their content.