Species distribution maps

Below a list is provided of 1,022 plant species that are documented in species assemblages for the potential natural vegetation map. For each the species, a list is provided of the vegetation types in which a species is expected to be present. The distribution of each species in vegetation types for each species was classified as characteristic, present or marginal.

Instruction

Clicking on a link below will download a Google Earth point layer. If you have installed Google Earth Pro, the downloaded layer will automatically open in Google Earth.

Alternatively, you can start Google Earth in your browser (click here). Next, click on Projects (5th icon in the side bar), and next click the button New Project. Select the option Import KML file from computer, and open the KML file you just downloaded.

The kml file consist of a point layer. The points form a 5km grid representing the distribution of the vegetation types in which the species is expected to occur (i.e., the points do not represent actual observations of species occurrences). Clicking on any of the points will open a popup with the links to the factsheets of the corresponding vegetation types.

Species list

A - B - C- D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Z

Citation

If you use this data for or in your publication, kindly cite the map(s) as follows: Kindt R, van Breugel P, Orwa C, Lillesø JPB, Jamnadass R and Graudal L (2015) Google Earth species distribution maps based on the Vegetationmap4africa map. Version 2.0. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and Forest & Landscape Denmark. https://vegetationmap4africa.org