Occurrence record: CANB 598890.1

Preserved specimen of Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana | Spanish Shawl recorded on 2005-07-29
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
Institution code Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
Supplied institution code "CANB"
Collection Australian National Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CANB"
Catalog number CANB 598890.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Waterhouse, B.M.  
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 7289
Reproductive condition flowers|leaf
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 Scrambling climbing herb with pale yellow-green stems. Roots extensively at nodes. Leaves pale cream-green beneath, petioles and upper stems reddish. Flowers showy with lilac-pink petals and bright yellow stamens. Ovary covered in red stellate hairs. Forms a dense, monospecific sward.

Event

Occurrence date 2005-07-29
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dissotis rotundifolia
Supplied scientific name "Dissotis rotundifolia (Sm.) Triana"
Identified to rank species
Common name Spanish Shawl
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Melastomataceae
Genus Dissotis
Species Dissotis rotundifolia
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Sm.) Triana
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory Western
Locality Ningerum.
Habitat
Supplied as "Waterlogged silty soils. Highly invasive escaped ornamental, climbing up to 1.5 m on adjacent vegetation."
Latitude -5.670833
Supplied as: "-5.670833333"
Longitude 141.138056
Supplied as: "141.138055556"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 5 40 15 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 141 8 17 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 26.8 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 84.0 %