EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora

See detailed description in: Vargas, Heleno &amp; Costa (submitted) EuDiS - A comprehensive database of the seed dispersal syndromes of the European flora <br> Table structure: <strong>Species_Flora_Europaea: </strong>binomial from Flora Europaea <strong>Species_POWO_2022: </strong>binomial currently (as of 2022) accepted according to Plants of the World Online (https://powo.science.kew.org). <strong>Family: </strong>botanical family of the respective species according to POWO, following APG IV (The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group et al. 2016). <strong>Endozoochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate internal dispersal by animals; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Epizoochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate external dispersal by animals; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Thalassochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate dispersal by transport on salt water; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Anemochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate dispersal by wind; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Myrmecochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate external dispersal by ants; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Vertebrate_hoarding: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate dispersal by seed hoarding animals; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Freshwater Hydrochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has diaspores with traits that facilitate dispersal by fresh water; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Ballochorous: </strong>coded as “1” when the species has traits that facilitate the dispersal by explosive mechanisms; coded as “0” otherwise. <strong>Further_clarification_needed: </strong>marks specific syndromes whose classification is still doubtful or based on incomplete information and thus warrant further work: END: endozoochorous, EPI: epizoochorous, THA: thalassochorous, ANE: anemochorous, HYD: freshwater hydrochorous, MYR: myrmecochorous, HOA: vertebrate hoarding syndrome, BAL: ballochorous. <strong>Synonyms: </strong>binomials that were considered independent species in the volumes of Flora Europaea but are currently considered synonyms of the binomials listed in the field “Species_POWO_2022” <strong>Tree_or_shrub: </strong>coded as “1” when the species is a tree or a woody shrub; coded as “0” otherwise (herbaceous plants, climbers, and suffruticose chamaephytes). Information on growth form was initially retrieved from public information available from TRY database (Kattge et al. 2020) and then manually curated and largely completed based on Flora Europaea and Flora Iberica. <strong>References: </strong>sources used to code the syndromes (see References.csv file for a full reference list)