Data - Prioritization of Important Plant Areas for conservation of frailejones (Espeletiinae, Asteraceae) in the Northern Andes

This dataset is linked to the publication "Prioritization of Important Plant Areas for conservation of frailejones (Espeletiinae, Asteraceae) in the Northern Andes" (Morales-Rozo et al., 2024): https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02939-1

We identify areas of importance for plants, applying the IPA methodology (Important Plant Areas). In this study, we built a high-quality and georeferenced dataset with occurrence data belonging to species of the Espeletiinae subtribe available from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF, 2022), and Alexander von Humboldt Biological Resources Research Institute (Castellanos & Diazgranados, 2016). We use the entire range of subtribe distribution that covers Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. We apply criteria A (Threatened species) and B (Botanical richness) of the methodology specifically in its sub-criteria cA1 (Globally threatened species), cA3 (Nationally threatened species), cA4 (Highly restricted range endemic (HRR) species), cA5 (Range-restricted endemic (RRE) species), cB1 (Richness estimated by ecosystem type), cB2 (Areas that together support 10% of an ecosystem's richness). Furthermore, we present the complete dataset (TS1) and the results of each sub-criteria (cA1-TS2, cA3-TS3, cA4-TS4, cA5-TS5, cB2-TS6). After applying the sub-criteria described in our research, we selected 11 high-priority IPAs presented in the TS7. Please contact the authors with any questions.

Authors: Clara Morales-Rozo, Ian S. Acuña-Rodríguez, Juan Benavides, Víctor Julio Rincón Parra & Mauricio Diazgranados (Corresponding author m.diazgranados@kew.org)