Occurrence record: CBG 9405553.1

Preserved specimen of Portulaca tuberosa Roxb. recorded on 1987-04-14
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
Institution code Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
Supplied institution code "CANB"
Collection Australian National Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CANB"
Catalog number CBG 9405553.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector 1.  Puy, Du   2.  , D.J.  
Supplied as "Du Puy, D.J."
Record number CI.44
Reproductive condition leaf
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks (Flowers not seen). Succulent herb to c. 5 cm tall. Leaves fleshy, pale purple when older. Stems and inflorescences white - pilose. Seeds shiny, black, with elliptical, rounded testa cells. Root slightly swollen (?testa cells, stellate ?{pilosa}).

Event

Occurrence date 1987-04-14
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Portulaca tuberosa
Supplied scientific name "Portulaca tuberosa Roxb."
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Portulacaceae
Genus Portulaca
Species Portulaca tuberosa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Roxb.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Australian Commonwealth Territory
Locality On point near Lilly Beach.
Habitat
Supplied as "Limestone pinnacles. With {Sesuvium portulacastrum}, {Scaevola} and {Pemphis}."
Latitude -10.45
Supplied as: "-10.45"
Longitude 105.7
Supplied as: "105.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5000.0
Georeferenced by generalised arbitrary point
County Christmas Island
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10 27 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 105 42 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Christmas Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Christmas Island
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Indian Tropical Islands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Christmas Island
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Other Territories
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorp. Other Territories
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 9
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CHRISTMAS ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CHRISTMAS - COCOS (KEELING) IS.
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) OTHER TERRITORIES
    World Country Boundaries Christmas Island

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.05 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 74.0 %