Occurrence record: MEL 2476862A

Preserved specimen of Cyperus congestus Vahl | Dense Flat-sedge recorded on 2020-01-27
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection National Herbarium of Victoria
Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number MEL 2476862A
Occurrence ID bb249c49-1a53-41fc-80ee-e1d2ac4c4f9a
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Karunajeewa, N.G.  
Collector Karunajeewa, N.G.  
Supplied as "Karunajeewa, N.G."
Record number 2256
Reproductive condition flowers | fruit
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Establishment means introduced
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Locally abundant.
Date identified 2020-01-27
Identification ID 04f6ddfa-0cdd-4b6c-ae6a-ba8eb46dace2

Event

Event ID bef44806-d90f-4e07-9ebc-71b7a90b3f7e
Occurrence date 2020-01-27
Supplied as year:2020  month:1  day:27 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 27

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Poales | Cyperaceae | Cyperus
Scientific name Cyperus congestus
Identified to rank species
Common name Dense Flat-sedge
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Poales
Family Cyperaceae
Genus Cyperus
Species Cyperus congestus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Vahl
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Yarra River Walk, Warburton. South bank of river c. 230 m west of suspension bridge.
Habitat
Supplied as "Open, grassy, weedy moist area adjacent to river bank."
Latitude -37.754583
Supplied as: "-37.7545833000"
Longitude 145.683889
Supplied as: "145.6838889000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality Yarra River Walk, Warburton. South bank of river c. 230 m west of suspension bridge.
Min elevation 161.0
Max elevation 161.0
Coordinate precision 0.0000277778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 4.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Georeferenced by Karunajeewa, N.G.
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2020-01-27T00:00
Supplied as 2020-01-27 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude 37° 45' 16.5" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 41' 2.0" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 956b6463-f792-43a6-8612-6279cd4f7b22

Additional properties

duplicates distributed to BRI | CANB | CHR | DAO

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Yarra River
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Yarra River
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Yarra Ranges (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yarra Ranges - Central
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 YARRA RANGES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1355
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) YARRA VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - OUTER EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CASEY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GEMBROOK
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1226.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 383.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 200.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 208.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 397.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.35
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.220833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.85
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 475.0 m