Atlas of the vascular flora of the Iberian Peninsula biodiversity hotspot (AFLIBER)

Abstract

Motivation We accessed published and unpublished floristic sources to compile a comprehensive species list of the Iberian–Balearic terrestrial vascular flora and generate AFLIBER, an accurate floristic database of georeferenced plant occurrence records. Main type of variable contained Species distribution data totalling 1,824,549 plant occurrence records corresponding to 6,456 species and subspecies. Spatial location and grain The western Mediterranean, including inland territories of Spain, Portugal and Andorra and the adjacent archipelagos of Berlengas, Columbretes and the Balearic Islands, covered by 6,316 UTM quadrangular grid cells of 10 km resolution. Time period All distributional trustable records were considered to create the AFLIBER database, most of them dating from the 1960s onwards. Major taxa and level of measurement Terrestrial vascular plant species and subspecies. Software format Data are supplied as comma‐separated text (csv) files.

Exploring Iberian Peninsula Lamiaceae as Potential Therapeutic Approaches in Wound Healing

“…This affords an interesting and important flora in this region [ 58 ]. The Iberian territories comprise nearly 25% of the 25,000 vascular plant species in the Mediterranean basin (the third greatest hotspot of plant biodiversity in the world) [ 59 ]. Noteworthy, there are nearly 6500 vascular plant species in the Iberian Peninsula, of which 1328 are endemic [ 58 , 59 ].…”

Carex quixotiana (Cyperaceae), a new Iberian endemic from Don Quixote’s land (La Mancha, S Spain)

“…The majority of the present La Mancha landscape is dedicated to agriculture, but potential vegetation would be primarily evergreen sclerophyllous Quercus ilex forest on the lower lands, and Q. pyrenaica and/or Q. faginea woodlands on the more elevated ones (Martín Herrero et al 2003). According to Ramos-Gutiérrez et al (2021), there are only two plant species endemic to La Mancha, both belonging to the agamospermic genus Limonium (L. pinillense Roselló & Peris and L. squarrosum Erben) and inhabiting inland saltmarshes. There are about 20 species of Carex present in La Mancha (Luceño et al unpublished data).…”

“… faginea woodlands on the more elevated ones ( Martín Herrero et al 2003 ). According to Ramos-Gutiérrez et al (2021) , there are only two plant species endemic to La Mancha, both belonging to the agamospermic genus Limonium ( L. pinillense Roselló & Peris and L. squarrosum Erben) and inhabiting inland saltmarshes. There are about 20 species of Carex present in La Mancha (Luceño et al unpublished data).…”

Exploring wild Aspleniaceae ferns as safety sources of polyphenols: The case of Asplenium trichomanes L. and Ceterach officinarum Willd.

“…Nowadays, in some areas of Europe, the Pteridophytes distribution has been characterized as the case of Sicily ( 18 ). In Spain, researchers have determined the distribution of Iberian Peninsula ferns ( 19 ), that is, the case of the Banco de Datos de Biodiversidad de Cataluña ( 20 ), being the Asplenium trichomanes L. ( Aspleniaceae ) ( 21 ) and Ceterach officinarum Willd. ( Aspleniaceae ) ( 22 ) the predominant fern species in the Prades mountains (Tarragona, Spain).…”