Nortaxa (Artsnavnebasen)

Checklist
Latest version published by The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC) on Sept 2, 2024 The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC)

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Data as a DwC-A file download 224,631 records in English (9 MB) - Update frequency: weekly
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Description

Nortaxa (Norwegian taxonomic register) aims to compile a complete list of all existing species in Norway, and also contains names of species not found in Norway but present in Norwegian museum collections and herbaria.

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 211,142 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Taxon (core)
211142
Distribution 
211142
VernacularName 
23957

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.

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC). 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: a6c6cead-b5ce-4a4e-8cf5-1542ba708dec.  The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NBIC) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Norway.

Keywords

Checklist; Checklist

Contacts

Josh Jenkins Shaw
  • Metadata Provider
  • Originator
Senior Advisor
Artsdatabanken
Havnegata 9
7010 Trondheim
Trondelag
NO
Stein Hoem
  • Point Of Contact
Artdatabanken
7560 Trondheim
Sør-Trøndelag
NO
+47 93466992

Geographic Coverage

Norway

Bounding Coordinates South West [54.45, -2.27], North East [81.23, 42.34]

Additional Metadata

Alternative Identifiers a6c6cead-b5ce-4a4e-8cf5-1542ba708dec
https://ipt.artsdatabanken.no/resource?r=artsnavnebase