Occurrence record: MBA 5606.1
Dataset
Data partner | Australia's Virtual Herbarium |
Data resource | Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data |
Institution code |
Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied institution code "CNS" |
Collection |
Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CNS" |
Catalog number | MBA 5606.1 |
Record type |
Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen" |
Preparations | sheet |
Identified by | Waterhouse, B.M. (BRI replicate) |
Identified date | 1992-10 |
Collector |
Waterhouse, B.M.
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M." |
Record number | 2511 |
License | CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
Language | en |
Presence/Absence | PRESENT Supplied as present |
Disposition | in collection |
Occurrence remarks | Broad river floodplain with associated seasonal wetlands, currently flooded. Substrate clayey silt. Melaleuca dominated woodland with rainforest patches on higher ground. Mangifera indica naturalised along riverside. Submerged weed forming a dark thread-like mass in Bensbach River. Reported by locals to have increased in abundance recently. Reported to diminish water quality and impede fishing. Collected on NAQS Joint Survey for pests and diseases. |
Date identified | 1992-10 |
Event
Occurrence date | 1992-05-09 |
Date precision | DAY |
Taxonomy
Scientific name |
Najas tenuifolia
Supplied scientific name "Najas tenuifolia R.Br." |
Identified to rank | species |
Common name | Thin-leaved Naiad |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Charophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida |
Order | Alismatales |
Family | Hydrocharitaceae |
Genus | Najas |
Species | Najas tenuifolia |
Name match metric | exactMatch |
Scientific name authorship | R.Br. |
Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
Nomenclatural code | ICN |
Geospatial
Country | Papua New Guinea |
State or Territory | Western |
Locality | Wando. Small settlement on banks of Bensbach River c. 5km downstream from Bensbach Wildlife Lodge. |
Habitat |
Supplied as "Broad river floodplain with associated seasonal wetlands, currently flooded. Substrate clayey silt. Melaleuca dominated woodland with rainforest patches on higher ground. Mangifera indica naturalised along riverside. Growing in shallow water." |
Latitude |
-8.9 Supplied as: "-8.9" |
Longitude |
141.266667 Supplied as: "141.266666667" |
Datum | EPSG:4326 |
Min elevation | 9 |
Coordinate precision | Unknown |
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) | 1600.0 |
Georeferenced by | collector |
Terrestrial | true |
Verbatim latitude | 8 54 S |
Biome | TERRESTRIAL |
Marine | false |
Country Code | PG |
Verbatim longitude | 141 16 E |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate rounded | Warning |
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 | Warning |
Coordinates dont match supplied state | Warning |
Show/Hide 92 passed properties | |
Show/Hide 5 missing properties | |
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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 | 26.945833 °C |
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality | 72.0 % |