10.5063/F17W694C
Goldsmith, Gregory
Paul Scherrer Institute
Data from: Plant-O-Matic: A dynamic and mobile guide to all plants of the Americas
KNB Data Repository
2016
Plants
Education/Outreach
Interactive Programs
Data Analysis and Visualization
Biological Classification
North America
South America
Central America
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Plant-O-Matic is a free iOS application serving as a mobile catalogue of all of the plants of the Americas developed using species distribution models estimated from field observations of plant occurrences. The underlying data comprise over 3.5 million standardized observations of over 88,000 plant species. This data is used for species distribution models and combined with the location services built into a mobile device to provide users with a list of all plant species expected to occur in the 100 Ã 100 km geographic grid cell corresponding to the userâ s location. The application also provides ancillary information on speciesâ attributes (when available) including growth form, reproductive mode, flower color, and common name. Results can be searched and conditionally filtered based on these attributes. Links to externally sourced specimen images further aid in identification of species by the user. The data set provided here includes the program code, as well as the species distribution data.
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