Description
The database of Vascular Plants of North Korea is a compilation of the native and naturalized pteridophytes, conifers, and flowering plants recorded in North Korea. It represents an updating of the floral listings. Since then numerous taxonomic and resultant nomenclatural changes have been proposed by the recent revisionary studies, often with molecular data inputs reinterpreting classification. We have consulted the recent publication of Generic Flora of Korea (Park et al., 2007), and the plant database, which called the 'Korea Plant Names Index' at Korea National Arboretum (2017). When personal experience concerning particular plant groups contradicted recent innovations, however, our preferred alternative taxonomic interpretations are followed in this catalogue. The flora of North Korea is probably one of the lesser-known floras in northeastern Asia. Although various flora books were published in North Korea about 20 years ago, the comprehensive checklist of North Korean plants has not been published yet. Since recent plant collections from this country do not span well for more than 80 years, no extensive and comprehensive accounts of its flora exist. Unfortunately, we have not reevaluated records known only from 50 years ago or longer. All taxa are linked to a Cronquist classification, rather than the APG system. Invalidly published names and illegitimate names were excluded here Finally, we thank the Korea National Arboretum and the GBIF for their continued encouragement and support of this project. This checklist was developed using the BRAHMS (Botanical Research And Herbarium Management System).
Data Records
The data in this checklist resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 13,061 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Chang C S (2020): A Checklist of North Korean Vascular Plants. v1.7. TB Lee Herbarium. Dataset/Checklist. https://kbif.naris.go.kr/ipt/resource?r=north_korean_flora_checklist&v=1.7
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: af0fcabf-1d4d-4042-8428-3a620cf238c8. TB Lee Herbarium publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Korean Biodiversity Information Facility.
Keywords
Checklist; Inventoryregional
Contacts
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
- User
Geographic Coverage
The checklist covers all vascular plants reported in North Korea. The covered regions include these provinces and cities: North Hamgyong, Rason, Ryanggang, South Hamgyong, Chagang, North Pyongan, South Pyongan, Pyongyang, Nampo, North Hwanghae, South Hwanghae, Kaesong, Kangwon.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [36, 123], North East [44, 132] |
|---|
Taxonomic Coverage
This checklist covers all vascular plants (Equisetopsida, Tracheophyta) reported in the area described here. The core taxa considered are species, subspecies or varieties, and their hybrids. For these taxa, we provide synonyms, the accepted and alternative Korea vernacular names in North Korea. The classification is, in hierarchical order: class, subclass, order, family, genus, species, subspecies, and variety. Varieties within subspecies are not accepted, so trinomial names are only present, but most forms are included as synonyms except a few cases.
| Kingdom | Plantae |
|---|
Temporal Coverage
| Formation Period | 20th to 21st century |
|---|
Project Data
Institutions outside of the Korean peninsula hold much of the historical, legacy biodiversity information on the region. With nearly 140,000 specimens including the data on specimens stored at foreign herbaria, there is a comprehensive chronological, historical, taxonomic, and geographic coverage of Korean plants including those from inaccessible areas, such as North Korea. Despite an abundance of biodiversity information in collections, there is a pressing need to make this data accessible and integrated sufficiently to foster query-based inquiries to assist with regional conservation priorities. This project will thus mobilize existing biodiversity information and knowledge within the Korean Peninsula using the BRAHMS database. Using the advantages of BRAHMS, the project will be able to query foreign herbaria historical records, generate specimen georeferenced data, and produce photo images about the North and South Korean vascular plants which will published through GBIF.org. Through these goals the project will address the biodiversity information imbalance between South and North Korea and reduce the knowledge gap surrounding the diversity and distribution of vascular plants.
| Title | Mobilization and georeferencing data from North Korea in major historical collections |
|---|---|
| Identifier | BIFA4_015 |
| Funding | Funded by Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan |
| Design Description | As part of the first phase of the project, a dataset of 15,000 SNUA specimens has been compiled. To enable usability, this dataset set will go through the process of validation and data cleaning, including a retrospective georeferencing, until March 2019. Other datasets are under preparation and a selection of photographs are currently presented on the institute´s website. |
The personnel involved in the project:
Sampling Methods
Contributors are mainly two local botanists.
| Study Extent | The data are sampled manually from literature though additions are based on specimens maintained at institutional herbaria (TI, KYO, TNS, E, A, and LE). |
|---|---|
| Quality Control | All new reports and/or revision must be documented by specimens deposited at institutional herbaria in the future. Suggestions or corrections regarding names and taxonomy may be submitted by users and reviewers through a national institute, although it does not work at all now. |
Method step description:
- Name suggestions are validated by the editors against names in Tropicos (http://www.tropicos.org), IPNI (http://www.ipni.org), GRIN (http://www.ars-grin.gov), or other plant name databases, before being manually corrected in the database.
Bibliographic Citations
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. and Chang, K.S. 2011. Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fauna & Flora of Korea. Vol. 43. Woody Plants. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. Design Post, Pajoo (in Korean).
- Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. eFloras 2014. Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org [accessed 1st Feb. 2014]. The International Plant Names Index. 2014. Published on the Internet http://www.ipni.org [accessed 1st Feb. 2014].
- Lee, T. B. 1980. Illustrated Flora of Korea. Hyangmun Co., Seoul (in Korean).
- Lee, T. B. 1966. Bibliography Woody Plants in Korea. Forest. Experiment. Station., Seoul (in Korean).
- Lee, T. B. 1976. Vascular plants and their uses in Korea. Bulletin of the Kwanak Arboretum 1:1-137.
- Lee W.T. 1996. Lineamenta FloraeKorea. Seoul:Acamedy Seojeok (in Korea). The Plant List. 2014. Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ [accessed 1st Feb.].
- Rehder, A. 1940. Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs. 2nd ed. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York.
- Yonekura, K. and Kajita, T. 2014. YList http://bean.bio.chiba-u.jp/bgplants/ylist_main.html [Last accessed 1st Feb. 2014].
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | af0fcabf-1d4d-4042-8428-3a620cf238c8 |
|---|---|
| https://kbif.naris.go.kr/ipt/resource?r=north_korean_flora_checklist |