Occurrence record: MBA 9118.1

Preserved specimen of Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud. | Buffel Grass recorded on 2006-02-25
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Dataset

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 9118.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Thompson, E.J.  
Collector Fox, I.D.  
Supplied as "Fox, I.D."
Record number 3940
Reproductive condition leaf
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
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Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Robust perennial grass, heavily grazed. This species is common at this location. Grass
Date identified 2019-12

Event

Occurrence date 2006-02-25
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cenchrus pennisetiformis
Supplied scientific name "Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud."
Identified to rank species
Common name Buffel Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Cenchrus
Species Cenchrus pennisetiformis
Name match metric exactMatch
Taxon remarks Herb. BRI rep.
Scientific name authorship Hochst. & Steud.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality West of the turnoff to 'Lorraine', 45km SSE of 'Augustus' Downs and 32km ESE of 'Nardoo'.
Habitat
Supplied as "Open woodland of Eucalyptus microtheca on a grassy silty alluvial deposit. Associated with Elytrophorus spicatus, Cyperus spp., Fimbristylis spp., Brachiaria sp., Corchorus sp., Chamaesyce sp., Portulaca sp., Commelina sp., Ludwigia sp., Boerhavia sp. and Ptilotus sp."
Latitude -18.9475
Supplied as: "-18.9475"
Longitude 139.970278
Supplied as: "139.970277778"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Georeferenced by collector
County Burke
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18 56 51 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 58 13 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 2f2424e1-0375-4939-8849-93d087e29ea5
    Data Resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud.
    Coordinates -18.9475,139.970278
    Related records
    Record UUID 5c7f705c-9007-4e23-abfb-bfccaabdfa3a
    Data Resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Cenchrus pennisetiformis Hochst. & Steud.
    Coordinates -18.9475,139.970278
    Record UUID b09e48ff-5666-4b83-9ebb-8171ff2927d7
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Cenchrus pennisetiformis
    Coordinates -18.947601,139.970313

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daintree-Bloomfield
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 192
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 282
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WUJAL WUJAL AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE TRIBULATION - CHINA CAMP - ZIG ZAG
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Acacia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3163.25 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 237.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 182.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 82.25 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1334.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 151.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1750.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.175001 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.324999 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.125 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.025 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.95 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.525 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.74
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.45 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.55 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.791666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 42.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.8175
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1380.0 m