Plant inventory of 11 nurseries in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe

Dataset of plants on sale across 11 nurseries in Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe Metadata: Column A: identificationID- Identifier for resulted taxon after identification and taxonomical standardisation (based on Leipzig Plant Catalogue). Column B: scientificName- Resulted scientific name after identification and taxonomical standardisation (Leipzig Plant Catalogue). Column C: family- Botanical family as per Leipzig Plant Catalogue. Column D: is.Native- Boolean data, as in TRUE for taxa native to any part of the mainland countries of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and FALSE for alien (non-native) taxa to the area and artificial hybrids. Column E: is.Native.notes- Notes describing the Boolean value, whether the taxon is alien, artificial hybrid or native, and which part of the area the taxa is native to based on Plants of the World Online (POWO). Column F: GRIIS.established- SADC countries in which the taxon is recorded as established in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS). Otherwise the value is FALSE. Column G: GRIIS.invasive- SADC countries in which the taxon is recorded as invasive in the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS). Otherwise the value is FALSE. Column H: verbatimName- Name given by the nurseries. If no name was given the value is NA. Columns I to S: Botswana_1; Botswana_2; Botswana_3; Namibia_1; Namibia_2; Zimbabwe_1; Zimbabwe_2; Zimbabwe_3; Zimbabwe_4; Zimbabwe_5; Zimbabwe_6- Presence (1)/absence (0) values for each taxa in each of the 11 nurseries from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. Column T: notes- Explanation of NA and non-scientific names in verbatimName column. Otherwise NA.