Occurrence record: BRI AQ0683295

Preserved specimen of Commelina benghalensis L. | Benghal Dayflower recorded on 1999-05-21
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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

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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 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 %