CWR checklist and priority CWR of Zambia

This dataset was compiled from existing sources with the purpose of planning conservation actions of the priority CWR taxa in Zambia. The taxonomic backbone for the development of the checklist of crop wild relatives (CWR) were the checklist of Zambian vascular plants which comprises a total of 6,305 taxa and a total of 59 nationally prioritized crops belonging to 29 genera. The matching process of the two lists, generated a partial CWR checklist of 459 CWR taxa. Thereafter, the generated list of CWR taxa was annotated with data where possible that included such as geographical distribution, gene pool categorization, taxon status, IUCN categorization or red list categorization. The data sources included: Bingham, M. G., 2011. Checklist of Zambian Seed bearing plants. Red data List Zambia. Available from: zambia.org Feb 2011.pdf (accessed on: 6 March 2015); Bingham, M.G. and Smith, P.P., 2002. Zambia, In J.S. Golding (ed.) Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 14: 135 - 156; Golding, J.S. (ed.), 2002. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists, Southern African Botanical Network Report No. 14, SABONET, Pretoria; Phiri, P.S.M., 2005. A checklist of Zambian vascular plants. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 SABONET, Pretoria. IUCN, 1994. IUCN Red List Categories. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland. Additional sites for accessing the developed checklist of CWR for Zambia: The checklist of CWR for Zambia will soon be accessed from (i) www.spgrc.org.zm/ and (ii) www.zari.gov.zm/ as when these sources are up and running.