Occurrence record: MEL 2578518A

Preserved specimen of Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. | Lesser Joyweed recorded on 2025-06-20
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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 2578518A
Occurrence ID c2d6ec70-8299-4b91-b5f1-15786fc59a7e
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Murfet, D.E.  
Collector Murfet, D.E.
Record number 11133
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
Institution ID https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Establishment means native
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Mat plant to 30cm across. Leaves dark green, flowers/ fruit in white spiky balls in leaf axils.
Collection https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Occurrence remarks Occasional.
Date identified 2025-06-25
Identification ID 133e3c26-0a05-4d14-ba63-6340497f7a66

Event

Event ID 06ef799d-4952-42e1-b2e1-f82029e7c606
Occurrence date 2025-06-20
Supplied as year:2025  month:6  day:20 
End day of year 171
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 171

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophytina | "Angiospermae" | Magnoliopsida | Caryophyllales | Amaranthaceae | Alternanthera
Scientific name Alternanthera denticulata
Identified to rank species
Common name Lesser Joyweed
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Caryophyllales
Family Amaranthaceae
Genus Alternanthera
Species Alternanthera denticulata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Br.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Evelyn Downs, dam 250 metres North of homestead.
Habitat Brown clay drying dam side. Growing near Glinus lotoides, Enteropogon acicularis and Centipeda cunninghamii.
Latitude -28.200472
Supplied as: "-28.2004722222"
Longitude 134.486556
Supplied as: "134.4865555556"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality Evelyn Downs, dam 250 metres North of homestead.
Field notes Mat plant to 30cm across. Leaves dark green, flowers/ fruit in white spiky balls in leaf axils.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 28 12 01.7 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134 29 11.6 E
Verbatim SRS epsg:4326
Location ID 3205b52b-e42a-48a3-a507-4cf8d5e62c85

Additional properties

material entity id c2d6ec70-8299-4b91-b5f1-15786fc59a7e

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