Data extract and network from S. Farrimond, The Science of Spice

dataset

posted on 2019-12-09, 08:05 authored by Guido GrimmGuido Grimm

This submission provides the data displayed as networks in a post for Genealogical World of Phylogenetic Networks entitled The Science of Spice – as networks.

All data in this dataset has been extracted from

Stuart Farrimond: The Science of Spice (Dorling Kindersley 2018, ISBN: 978-0-2413-0214-9).

Make sure to cite the book in addition to this figshare submission when re-using the here provided matrices.

Analysis and artwork are new and have been generated for the blogpost.

File contents:

SciSpiceMatrices.7z includes (annotated) NEXUS-formatted (optimised with and for Mesquite) matrices based on the tabulated information; and Splits-NEXUS-formatted distance-based neighbour-nets.

SciSpiceCompounds.png and SciSpiceGeoNet.png the graphically enhanced neighbour-nets described in the post.

SciSpiceTable.xlsx includes two sheets

— Geography, compiled the geographic information in Farrimond (2018) about the use of spices as "signature", "supporting" and "supplementary" spice in local cuisines;

— FlavourCompouns is based on the information tabulated on pp. 214–217 in Farrimond (2018).