Occurrence record: CNS 150299.1

Preserved specimen of Paspalum vaginatum Sw. | Water Couch recorded on 2018-02-27
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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 CNS 150299.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by BRI  
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 8314
Reproductive condition fruit|leaf
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)
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Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Stoloniferous, ascending grass. Culms green with widely spaced leaves, slender acuminate to 12 cm long. Inflorescences terminal, paired spikes to 4 cm long. Spikelets in single row along one side of inflorescence branches. Upper glumes with 3 prominent ridges. Anthers and stigmas purple. Common grass. Graminoid

Event

Occurrence date 2018-02-27
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Paspalum vaginatum
Supplied scientific name "Paspalum vaginatum Sw."
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Couch
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Paspalum
Species Paspalum vaginatum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Sw.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory Western
Locality Parama Village, South Fly District, Western Province.
Habitat
Supplied as "Village area. Growing with Sporobolus jacquemontii, Bothriochloa bladhii and Chrysopogon aciculatus. Saline sandy silty soils."
Latitude -8.991111
Supplied as: "-8.991111111"
Longitude 143.447778
Supplied as: "143.447777778"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 12
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Georeferenced by collector
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 8 59 28 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 143 26 52 E

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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 7031b18c-7f4d-4788-b001-01165407ba2c
    Data Resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Paspalum vaginatum Sw.
    Coordinates -8.991111,143.447778
    Related records
    Record UUID f53f4234-a5a2-4bbd-9cec-36aed825dd28
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Paspalum vaginatum
    Coordinates -8.991028,143.447667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.475 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 72.0 %