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Occurrence record: AD 98844039

Preserved specimen of Monachather paradoxus Steud. | Bandicoot Grass recorded on 1988-09-20
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource AD AVH Data
Institution code Supplied institution code "AD"
Collection Supplied collection code "AD"
Catalog number AD 98844039
Occurrence ID AD:AD:AD98844039
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Jessop, J.P.  
Collector Robinson, A.C.
Record number NPTA-660
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Board of the Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium
Institution ID https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/4ca40b99-dada-4fdc-b92b-2ed7b1cab89c
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as Present
Collection https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/c26d41e5-754f-4ef2-9a9a-8790ff21a498
Dataset / Survey name [The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)]
Date identified 2004-01

Event

Dataset / Survey name The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)  
Occurrence date 1988-09-20
Verbatim event date 20 Sep 1988
End day of year 264
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 264

Taxonomy

Scientific name Monachather paradoxus
Supplied scientific name "Monachather paradoxus Steud."
Identified to rank species
Common name Bandicoot Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Supplied as "Gramineae"
Genus Monachather
Species Monachather paradoxus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Steud.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality 77 km N Tallaringa Well. (Quadrat GI 3 II)
Habitat
Supplied as "Elongated dune system with a shrubland of {Acacia ramulosa} and a fairly good cover of perennial tussock grasses and ephemerals"
Latitude -28.186389
Supplied as: "-28.186389"
Longitude 133.386389
Supplied as: "133.386389"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 150.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim coordinates 28,11,11,S;133,23,11,E

Additional properties

herbarium region sa North-Western - NW-1

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Tallaringa
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Tallaringa
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Tallaringa
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Tallaringa
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tallaringa
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Ceduna - West Coast
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Tallaringa Conservation Park ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Maralinga Tjarutja
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Port Lincoln - Ceduna
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Grey
    Electorates March 2025 Grey
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Antakirinja Area Minerals Exploration ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Far North
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Antakirinja Matu-Yankunytjatjara
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Giles
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Western
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Unincorporated SA
    Postal Areas 2021 5690
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Western
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Eyre Peninsula and South West
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Flinders Ranges and Outback
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mulga (Acacia aneura) open woodlands and sparse shrublands +/- tussock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 145.0 frequency
    Species Richness 82.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 183.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 69.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 69.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 28.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.0
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 206.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 44.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 25.478714 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 29.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.070833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 31.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 15.008333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.494728 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 608.65894
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 37.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 28.349998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.349998 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.07
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.1
    Elevation 254.0 m