Occurrence record: MEL 2040856A
Preserved specimen
of
Cyperus congestus
Vahl
| Dense Flat-sedge
recorded on 1995-01-12
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 2040856A |
| Occurrence ID | c5907b38-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9 |
| Record type |
Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen" |
| Preparations | Sheet |
| Identified by | Stajsic, V. |
| Identified date | 1995-01-12 |
| Collector |
1.
Stajsic, V.
2.
Walsh, N.G.
Supplied as "Stajsic, V. | Walsh, N.G." |
| Record number | 1150 |
| Reproductive condition | flowers |
| Associated Occurrence Status | Representative record |
| Associated occurrences |
This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details |
| 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 |
| Presence/Absence | PRESENT Supplied as present |
| Field notes | Tufted, ?perennial herb to 40-50 cm high, with small subterranean tubers. Culms green, shiny, triquetrous in cross section with concave surfaces. Leaves more or less M shaped in cross section. Shiny moderate green above, silvery-green below. Spikelets reddish brown. Leaves to 6.5 mm wide. |
| Associated records | REPRESENTATIVE |
| Occurrence remarks | Unusual in that some plants have round woody tubers. Plant does not appear to have obvious rhizomes, other than very short ones in the tussock itself. Only a small population noticed. |
| Date identified | 1995-01-12 |
| Identification ID | d5442a32-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da |
Event
| Event ID | 15c652e0-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da |
| Occurrence date |
1995-01-12
Supplied as year:1995 month:1 day:12 |
| Date precision | DAY |
| Start day of year | 12 |
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 | Porter Street, immediately south from Commercial Road, and north from Greville Street, on the railway embankment, on the east side of railway line, 250 metres north from Prahran Railway Station (Melbourne). |
| Habitat |
Supplied as "Growing in neglected garden bed on a block next to a garage building, and in the gaps of footpath next to fence of a house. Growing in full sunlight to part shade." |
| Latitude |
-37.85 Supplied as: "-37.8500000000" |
| Longitude |
144.9833 Supplied as: "144.9833000000" |
| Datum |
EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326" |
| Verbatim coordinate system | degrees decimal minutes |
| Verbatim locality | Porter Street, immediately south from Commercial Road, and north from Greville Street, on the railway embankment, on the east side of railway line, 250 metres north from Prahran Railway Station (Melbourne). |
| Field notes | Tufted, ?perennial herb to 40-50 cm high, with small subterranean tubers. Culms green, shiny, triquetrous in cross section with concave surfaces. Leaves more or less M shaped in cross section. Shiny moderate green above, silvery-green below. Spikelets reddish brown. Leaves to 6.5 mm wide. |
| Coordinate precision | 0.0166666667 |
| Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) | 1000.0 |
| Georeferenced by | Stajsic, V. |
| Terrestrial | true |
| Verbatim latitude | 37° 51' S |
| Biome | TERRESTRIAL |
| Continent | Oceania |
| Marine | false |
| Country Code | AU |
| Verbatim longitude | 144° 59' E |
| Verbatim SRS | 1 |
| Location ID | 8e7a9233-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da |
Data quality tests
| Test name | Result |
| CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH | Warning |
| First of the year | Warning |
| Taxon misapplied matched | Warning |
| Show/Hide 96 passed properties | |
| Show/Hide 4 missing properties | |
| Show/Hide 21 tests that have not been run | |
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 | 3044d789-1118-45d6-862f-3ae1333b1298 | ||
| Data Resource | National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data | ||
| Raw Scientific Name | Cyperus congestus | ||
| Coordinates | -37.85,144.9833 | ||
| Related records | |||
| Record UUID | 5d950c99-5efb-4106-b0c7-2be6fa3c3ad4 | ||
| Data Resource | National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data | ||
| Raw Scientific Name | Cyperus congestus | ||
| Coordinates | -37.85,144.9833 | ||
