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O armário: Fruiting phenology data for 4,462 plant taxa in Portugal (1926–2013)

2024; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41597-024-03520-9

2052-4463

Rúben Heleno, José Miguel Costa, Filipe Covelo, Joaquim Santos, Pedro B. Lopes, António Carmo Gouveia, Arménio Matos, Agostinho Salgado, M. Teresa Girão da Cruz, João Farminhão, Marta Horta, Guilherme Barreto, Ana V. Marques, Leonardo Craveiro, Patrícia Pinto, Matilde Santos, Bárbara Nunes, Margarida Barreiro, André Dias, Gabriel Rodrigues, Leonor Esteves, M.G.L. Wanderley, Inês Santos, José Pedro Artiaga, J M T Verissimo, Inês Vilhena, Lucas Moniz, A. Carneiro Leao, Marta Couras, Sara Beatriz Mendes, Mauro Nereu, Ana Margarida Dias da Silva, Fátima Sales, Maria Teresa Gonçalves, António Pereira Coutinho, Helena Freitas, Joaquim S. Silva, Jaime A. Ramos, Elizabete Marchante, Sérgio Timóteo,

Horticultural and Viticultural Research

Abstract Species phenology - the timing of key life events - is being altered by ongoing climate changes with yet underappreciated consequences for ecosystem stability. While flowering is generally occurring earlier, we know much less about other key processes such as the time of fruit ripening, largely due to the lack of comprehensive long-term datasets. Here we provide information on the exact date and site where seeds of 4,462 taxa were collected for the Index Seminum (seed exchange catalogue) of the Botanic Garden of the University of Coimbra, between 1926 and 2013. Seeds were collected from spontaneous and cultivated individuals across Portugal, including both native and introduced taxa. The database consists of 127,747 curated records with information on the species, or infraspecific taxa (including authority), and the day and site where seeds were collected. All records are georeferenced and provided with a confidence interval for the collection site. Taxonomy was first curated manually by in-house botanists and then harmonized according to the GBIF backbone taxonomy.