Geographical patterns in the distribution of naturalized plants in Central America Description of the data and file structure The dataset includes three files. Two raster files that summarize the occurrence records in a resolution of 5 minutes for naturalized plant species in Central America in a projection WGS84. The TIF file "Ocurrences_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif" is the number of observations by cell obtained from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility after being filtered following the workflow by Seebens and Kaplan (2022). Seebens H, Kaplan E (2022) DASCO: A workflow to downscale alien species checklists using occurrence records and to re-allocate species distributions across realms. NeoBiota 74: 75-91 74: 75–91. https://doi.org/10.3897/NEOBIOTA.74.81082 The TIF file "No_Species_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif" is the number of species by cell obtained from the previous file. The TXT file [Species_Naturalized_CentralAmerica.txt] is a dataset containing the number of occurrences by country and species, based on the data obtained from GBIF for the Naturalized Plant species searched. Files and variables File: Ocurrences_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif Description: Number of records by cell of naturalized plant species in Central America in a 5-minute resolution and a WGS84 projection. File: No_Species_Naturalized_Plantas_in_America_Central.tif Description: Number of species by cell of naturalized plant species in Central America in a 5-minute resolution and a WGS84 projection. File: Species_Naturalized_CentralAmerica.txt Description: number of occurrences by country and species, based on the data obtained from GBIF for the Naturalized Plant species searched. Variables ID: IF row, each row is a naturalized species reported in a Central American country Species: Species scientific name of a naturalized plant Country: A Central American country Occurrences: number of occurrences by country and species Access information Other publicly accessible locations of the data: By request: edchacon@gmail.com Data was derived from the following sources: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (www.gbif.org)