Occurrence record: BRI AQ0683295
Preserved specimen
of
Commelina benghalensis
L.
| Benghal Dayflower
recorded on 1999-05-21
Dataset
Data partner | Australia's Virtual Herbarium |
Data resource | BRI AVH Data and Images |
Institution code |
Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Supplied institution code "BRI" |
Collection |
Queensland Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbrecs" |
Catalog number | BRI AQ0683295 |
Occurrence ID | urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:0683295 |
Record type |
Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen" |
Preparations | Sheet |
Collector |
Waterhouse, B.M.
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M." |
Record number | BMW5353 |
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) |
Presence/Absence | PRESENT Supplied as present |
Associated records | REPRESENTATIVE |
Occurrence remarks | Ascending, slightly succulent herb which roots at nodes. Leaves softly hairy. Flowers pale blue. Capsules pale brown when mature. Seeds collected to send to Dr P.Lehtonen USDA for incorporation in weed seed identification kits (after fumigation). |
Event
Occurrence date | 1999-05-21 |
Event remarks | A mountainous basaltic island. Common and sometimes abundant. Specimen collected for verification of ID. |
Date precision | DAY |
Taxonomy
Higher classification | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Commelinales | Commelinaceae | Commelina |
Scientific name | Commelina benghalensis |
Identified to rank | species |
Common name | Benghal Dayflower |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum |
Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta" |
Class | Equisetopsida |
Order | Commelinales |
Family | Commelinaceae |
Genus | Commelina |
Species | Commelina benghalensis |
Name match metric | exactMatch |
Scientific name authorship | L. |
Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
Nomenclatural code | ICN |
Geospatial
Higher geography | Australia, Queensland, Cook |
Country | Australia |
State or Territory | Queensland |
Locality | Mer (Murray) Island, Torres Strait. |
Habitat |
Supplied as "Patchily distributed in disturbed sites/gardens throughout village area. Silty or sandy substrate." |
Latitude |
-9.916667 Supplied as: "-9.9166666670" |
Longitude |
144.038611 Supplied as: "144.0386111110" |
Datum |
EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84" |
Coordinate precision | Unknown |
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) | 100.0 |
Georeference protocol | GPS |
County | Cook |
Terrestrial | true |
Biome | TERRESTRIAL |
Marine | false |
Country Code | AU |
Additional properties
verbatim identification | Det. |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate rounded | Warning |
Multimedia uri invalid | Warning |
Show/Hide 94 passed properties | |
Show/Hide 4 missing properties | |
Show/Hide 24 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 | 5aa4afbf-dfb5-4551-8b31-9538ec877725 | ||
Data Resource | BRI AVH Data and Images | ||
Raw Scientific Name | Commelina benghalensis | ||
Coordinates | -9.916667,144.038611 | ||
Related records | |||
Record UUID | f591e943-637a-432b-8041-abb86c573d37 | ||
Data Resource | Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data | ||
Raw Scientific Name | Commelina benghalensis L. | ||
Coordinates | -9.9181,144.0389 |
Additional political boundaries information
Area Management | |
Australian Coral Ecoregions | Torres Strait & far Northern GBR |
NRM Regions 2010 | Torres Strait |
NRM Regions 2017 | Torres Strait |
Area management | |
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 | Torres Strait |
Biodiversity | |
IMCRA 4 Regions | Cape Province |
Marine | |
States including coastal waters | Queensland (including Coastal Waters) |
Political | |
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 | TORRES SHIRE |
National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes | Torres Strait Regional Sea Claim |
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) | COOK |
Vegetation | |
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 | Indigenous owned, Non forest |
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 | Non Forest |
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 | Other Crown Land |
Vegetation types - native | unknown/no data |
Vegetation types - present | cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings |
Environmental sampling for this location
Climate | |
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality | 68.0 % |