Occurrence record: MBA 4867.1

Preserved specimen of Dipteracanthus Nees recorded on 1992-05-18
   API

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 4867.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Waterhouse, B.M. (BRI replicate)  
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 2640
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 Hilly terrain with settlement located in a swampy valley. Settled area surrounded by Tropical Rainforest. Streams lined with sago palms and Saccharum robustum. Silty soil. Scrambling herb with dark crimson stems. Flowers slightly irregular, lilac, drying white. Fall easily when picked. Weed of damp situations and disturbed areas alongside airstrip. Collected on NAQS Joint Survey for pests and diseases. Spirit material.
Date identified 1992-10

Event

Occurrence date 1992-05-18
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dipteracanthus
Supplied scientific name "Dipteracanthus repens Hassk."
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "species"
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Acanthaceae
Genus Dipteracanthus
Species Dipteracanthus repens
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Nees
Supplied as Hassk.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory West Sepik
Locality Imonda. Government station and associated village c. 70km south of Vanimo.
Habitat
Supplied as "Weed of vegetable garden beds."
Latitude -3.333333
Supplied as: "-3.333333333"
Longitude 141.166667
Supplied as: "141.166666667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 291
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1600.0
Georeferenced by collector
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 3 20 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 141 10 E

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate rounded Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Taxon match higher rank Warning
    Taxon misapplied matched Warning
    Show/Hide 97 passed properties
    Show/Hide 5 missing properties
    Show/Hide 18 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.554167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 90.0 %