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. 2014 Oct 24;9(10):e111468. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111468

Table 1. Biodiversity databases used to obtain occurrences of L. camara.

Database Description
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Network for the exchange of biodiversity data through the internet. Compiles data from specimens deposited in museums, herbaria, and published in atlases and references worldwide. Web page:http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
REMIB “Red Mundial de Información sobre Biodiversidad”: It is an interagency network that shares biological information. Itconsists of research centers nodes that host the digitized scientific collections. Web page: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/remib_ingles/doctos/remibnodosdb.html
TROPICOS TROPICOS is a Botanical Information System. It's a public-access botanical database with records of millions of specimens, images and references by the Department of Bioinformatics of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Here we used the”Geographical Search” tool.Web page: http://www.tropicos.org/SpecimenGeoSearch.aspx
PRECIS Information Computerized Pretoria: This is a digital database on the state of biodiversity in southern Africa by the South AfricanBiodiversity Institute (SANBI). It includes data from herbaria and published. Web page:
Zimbabwe Data collection of scientific research on plants in Zimbabwe. The data are collected and compiled by the authors of the website:Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P.Web page: http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/
AVH Australia’s Virtual Herbarium: It is a compilation of occurrence data and specimens from several herbaria in Australia. Webpage : http://chah.gov.au/avh/avhServlet?task=simpleQuery