Occurrence record: BRI AQ0870885

Preserved specimen of Euphorbia cyathophora Murray | Dwarf Poinsettia recorded on 2008-07-31
   API

Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource BRI AVH Data and Images
Institution code Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Supplied institution code "BRI"
Collection Queensland Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbrecs"
Catalog number BRI AQ0870885
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:0870885
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Mckenna, S.G.  
Supplied as "McKenna, S.G."
Record number SGM145
Reproductive condition Flowers, fruit and buds
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Erect, unbranched fleshy monoecious herb to 0.6m. Leaves alternate and opposite, lobed, reddish toward base. Orange/red leafy bracts below terminal cyathia. All parts exude milky latex when cut. Fruit 3-valved capsule.

Event

Occurrence date 2008-07-31
Event remarks Common in areas in residential grounds. Growing with Amaranthus, Tridax, Melinis and Euphorbia. This specimen has been treated with ethanol.
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Rosanae | Malpighiales | Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia
Scientific name Euphorbia cyathophora
Identified to rank species
Common name Dwarf Poinsettia
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Malpighiales
Family Euphorbiaceae
Genus Euphorbia
Species Euphorbia cyathophora
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Murray
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia, Queensland, Cook
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Cape Weymouth, 21.5km NE of Lockhart River township. Chips property.
Habitat
Supplied as "Sandy dunes on flat under granite boulder crops. Also present in area beside roads and on sandy patches in boulders. 2m a.s.l."
Latitude -12.614444
Supplied as: "-12.6144444400"
Longitude 143.443611
Supplied as: "143.4436111100"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Georeference protocol GPS
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Det.

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate rounded Warning
    Show/Hide 95 passed properties
    Show/Hide 4 missing properties
    Show/Hide 24 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Torres Strait & far Northern GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions East Cape York
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Kuuku Ya'u People Marine Park ILUA
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Kuuku Ya'u
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1965.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 64.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 778.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1167.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.56
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.3 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.64
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0