Occurrence record: MEL 2420705A

Preserved specimen of Commelina ensifolia R.Br. | Scurvy Grass recorded on 2006-04-23
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Supplied institution code "MEL"
Collection National Herbarium of Victoria
Supplied collection code "MEL"
Catalog number MEL 2420705A
Occurrence ID 26e076c2-d21b-4368-91b2-dc0e47b729cb
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Halford, D.  
Identified date 2006-04-23
Collector 1.  Halford, D.   2.  Batianoff, G.N.  
Supplied as "Halford, D. | Batianoff, G.N."
Record number Q9019
Reproductive condition flowers
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)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Annual stems arising from tuberous rootstock; stems succulent; flowers blue.
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks Common. Treated with alcohol before drying.
Date identified 2006-04-23
Identification ID a9ee2ad1-aeb5-4e3f-b088-8962307ce9a1

Event

Event ID edb83927-e32f-4e82-9b63-5a99fbf28919
Occurrence date 2006-04-23
Supplied as year:2006  month:4  day:23 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 113

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Commelinales | Commelinaceae | Commelina
Scientific name Commelina ensifolia
Identified to rank species
Common name Scurvy Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Commelinales
Family Commelinaceae
Genus Commelina
Species Commelina ensifolia
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Br.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality 13km E of Hughenden along Flinders Highway towards Pentland.
Habitat
Supplied as "Undulating plain, grassland, cracking clay soil."
Latitude -20.871944
Supplied as: "-20.8719444000"
Longitude 144.300833
Supplied as: "144.3008333000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality 13km E of Hughenden along Flinders Highway towards Pentland.
Min elevation 330.0
Max elevation 330.0
Field notes Annual stems arising from tuberous rootstock; stems succulent; flowers blue.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Georeferenced by Halford, D.
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2006-04-23T00:00
Supplied as 2006-04-23 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude 20° 52' 19" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 18' 3" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID f2f56482-0d05-4755-bac0-cbb61e2c3b9e

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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 7d44fed1-8b5d-4d66-af9d-45f79a876fe2
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Commelina ensifolia
    Coordinates -20.871944,144.300833
    Related records
    Record UUID cfa164eb-5be7-4c17-9d76-b6c388a1fb6b
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Commelina ensifolia
    Coordinates -20.870412,144.30198

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Southern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Southern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Downs
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Windlab Development Pty Ltd and Yirendali People ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Flinders (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Flinders
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 FLINDERS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 304
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN HIGHLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLINDERS - RICHMOND - DALRYMPLE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLINDERS - RICHMOND - DALRYMPLE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, 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 Acacia (+/- low) open woodlands and sparse shrublands +/- tussock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 238.0 frequency
    Species Richness 134.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 468.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 255.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 270.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.55
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.2875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.19
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.41
    Elevation 327.0 m