Data from: Plant-O-Matic: A dynamic and mobile guide to all plants of the Americas

Plant-O-Matic is a free iOS application serving as a mobile catalogue of all of the plants of the Americas developed using species distribution models estimated from field observations of plant occurrences. The underlying data comprise over 3.5 million standardized observations of over 88,000 plant species. This data is used for species distribution models and combined with the location services built into a mobile device to provide users with a list of all plant species expected to occur in the 100 Ã 100 km geographic grid cell corresponding to the userâ s location. The application also provides ancillary information on speciesâ attributes (when available) including growth form, reproductive mode, flower color, and common name. Results can be searched and conditionally filtered based on these attributes. Links to externally sourced specimen images further aid in identification of species by the user. The data set provided here includes the program code, as well as the species distribution data.

Plant-O-Matic是一款免费iOS应用，作为美洲全境植物的移动名录，其开发基于由植物野外出现观测数据拟合得到的物种分布模型（species distribution models）。该应用依托的核心数据集包含88000余种植物的350余万条标准化观测记录。此类数据被用于构建物种分布模型，并结合移动设备内置的定位服务，为用户生成其所在位置对应100×100公里地理网格单元内的潜在分布植物物种列表。该应用还可提供物种的辅助属性信息（若可获取），包括生长型、繁殖方式、花色及物种通用名。用户可基于这些属性对查询结果进行条件筛选。外部来源的标本图像链接可进一步辅助用户开展物种识别工作。本次提供的数据集包含该应用的程序代码与物种分布数据。