Author(s): SOARES, F. M.; PIRES, L. F.; GARCIA, M. C.; CORADIN, L.; GHILARDI-LOPES, N. P.; SILVA, R. R.; CARVALHO, A. M. de; GAVAI, A.; BOUZEMBRAK, Y.; MACULAN, B. C. M. dos S.; KOFFLER, S.; MONTEDO, U. B.; DRUCKER, D. P.; SANTIAGO, R.; CARVALHO, M. C. P. de; LIMA, A. C. da S.; GABRIEL, H. D. E.; FRANÇA, S. G. M. de; ALMEIDA, K. R. de; SANTOS, B. J. dos; SARAIVA, A. M.

Summary: This paper presents two key data sets derived from the Pomar Urbano project. The first data set is a comprehensive catalog of edible fruit-bearing plant species, native or introduced to Brazil. The second data set, sourced from the iNaturalist platform, tracks the distribution and monitoring of these plants within urban landscapes across Brazil. The study includes data from the capitals of all 27 federative units of Brazil, focusing on the ten cities that contributed the most observations as of August 2023. The research emphasizes the significance of citizen science in urban biodiversity monitoring and its potential to contribute to various fields, including food and nutrition, creative industry, study of plant phenology, and machine learning applications.

Publication year: 2024

Types of publication: Journal article

Unit: Embrapa Digital Agriculture

Keywords: Biodiversidade urbana, Botânica, Citizen science, Ciência Animal, Ciência cidadã, Ciência vegetal, Ecologia, Plantas forrageiras, Áreas urbanas