Guidelines and best practices for photographic documentation in plant systematics

# README for: Guidelines and Best Practices for Photographic Documentation in Plant Systematics This README file was generated on 2026-05-28 by Carlos Daniel Miranda Ferreira. ## GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset: Data from: Guidelines and Best Practices for Photographic Documentation in Plant Systematics2. Author Information: - Name: Carlos Daniel Miranda Ferreira - Institution: Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro - Address: Rua Pacheco Leão, 915 - Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - Email: [e-mail] 3. Date of data collection: October-November 2025 and March-May 2026 ## DATA & FILE OVERVIEW This dataset contains the final high-resolution diagrams and photographic plates (figures) used in the manuscript, as well as the corresponding uncompressed RAW files of the botanical specimens used to compose the plates. ### File List and Description: 1. Diagrams (Figures 1-5): - Files: Figure_1.tif, Figure_2.tif, Figure_3.tif, Figure_4.tif, Figure_5.tif Description: Final high-resolution diagrams illustrating photographic setups, equipment positioning, and best practices methodologies described in the manuscript. 2. Final Photographic Plates (Figures 6-7): - File: figure_6.tif Description: Final photographic plate showing the morphological characters and the standardized photographic documentation of the first selected species. - File: figure_7.tif Description: Final photographic plate showing the morphological characters and the standardized photographic documentation of the second selected species, including color checker references. 3. Raw Photographic Data (RAW Files): The RAW files (.CR2) are named according to the figure number and the specific inset/letter they represent in the final plate (e.g., "6_a.CR2" corresponds to inset 'a' in "figure_6.tif"). These are raw, unedited photographs used for taxonomic validation. - RAW files for Figure 6: Files: 6_a.CR2, 6_b.CR2, 6_c.CR2, 6_d.CR2, 6_e.CR2, 6_f.CR2, 6_g.CR2, 6_h.CR2, 6_i.CR2, 6_j.CR2, 6_k.CR2, 6_l.CR2, 6_m.CR2, 6_n.CR2, 6_o.CR2, 6_p.CR2. Description: Uncompressed RAW images used to compose the individual insets of figure_6.tif. - RAW files for Figure 7: Files: 7_a.CR2, 7_b.CR2, 7_c.CR2, 7_d.CR2, 7_e.CR2, 7_f.CR2, 7_g.CR2, 7_h.CR2, 7_i.CR2, 7_j.CR2, 7_j2.CR2, 7_k.CR2, 7_l.CR2, 7_l2.CR2, 7_m.CR2. Description: Uncompressed RAW images used to compose the individual insets of figure_7.tif.