Occurrence records dataset of the evaluated continental African palms

The dataset includes a total of 4 238 georeferenced occurrence records: 4 096 of which were extracted from RAINBIO (Dauby et al., 2016) and the others from literature, field work observations and the database of Malagasy palms (Mijoro Rakotoarinivo pers. comm.). The dates of these occurrences records range from the years 1837 to 2016.