Occurrence record: MBA 1764.1

Preserved specimen of Mimosa diplotricha var. diplotricha | Giant Sensitive Plant recorded on 1992-05-11
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
Institution code Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied institution code "CNS"
Collection Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CNS"
Catalog number MBA 1764.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Cowan, R.S. (BRI replicate)  
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 2532
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Flat to undulating site with relatively open woodland (Acacia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca spp.) surrounding settlement. Soil: sandy silt with red/brown concretionary ironstone pebbles on surface. Scrambling leguminous herb with sensitive foliage and pink globular inflorescences. Smooth-stemmed form. Occurs in several restricted locations in township. Used as cover crop on fallow gardens. Forage plant for Asian honey bee Apis cerana. Collected on NAQS Joint Survey for pests and diseases.
Date identified 1994-07

Event

Occurrence date 1992-05-11
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mimosa diplotricha var. diplotricha
Supplied scientific name "Mimosa diplotricha C.Wright ex Sauvalle var. diplotricha"
Identified to rank variety
Common name Giant Sensitive Plant
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Fabales
Family Fabaceae
Genus Mimosa
Species Mimosa diplotricha
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Infraspecific epithet diplotricha
Scientific name authorship C.Wright ex Sauvalle
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory Western
Locality Morehead. Government station on Morehead River c. 170km WNW of Daru.
Habitat
Supplied as "Flat to undulating site with relatively open woodland (Acacia, Eucalyptus and Melaleuca spp.) surrounding settlement. Soil; sandy silt with red/brown concretionary ironstone pebbles on surface."
Latitude -8.716667
Supplied as: "-8.716666667"
Longitude 141.65
Supplied as: "141.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 31
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1600.0
Georeferenced by collector
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 8 43 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 141 39 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.891666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 71.0 %