Occurrence record: CANB 832586.1
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 | CANB 832586.1 |
Record type |
Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen" |
Preparations | sheet |
Identified by | Waterhouse, B.M. |
Collector |
Waterhouse, B.M.
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M." |
Record number | 8211 |
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 | Clumped grass with flowering culms up to 90 cm tall. Firmly rooted and difficult to remove from ground. Leaves c. 5 mm wide. Inflorescence a slender spike. Common weed on sports field and throughout community. Collected as part of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. This specimen has been treated with ethanol for preservation and biosecurity purposes and gamma irradiated at 25kGY. |
Event
Occurrence date | 2016-04-27 |
Date precision | DAY |
Taxonomy
Scientific name |
Sporobolus fertilis
Supplied scientific name "Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton" |
Identified to rank | species |
Common name | Giant Parramatta Grass |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Charophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Poaceae |
Genus | Sporobolus |
Species | Sporobolus fertilis |
Name match metric | exactMatch |
Scientific name authorship | (Steud.) Clayton |
Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
Nomenclatural code | ICN |
Geospatial
Country | Papua New Guinea |
State or Territory | West Sepik |
Locality | Ossima Mission. Sandaun Province. |
Habitat |
Supplied as "Compacted silty clay soil. Growing with Sida rhombifolia, Sida cordifolia, Mimosa pudica, Urochloa decumbens. Cattle graze in the vicinity." |
Latitude |
-2.914722 Supplied as: "-2.914722222" |
Longitude |
141.296944 Supplied as: "141.296944444" |
Datum | EPSG:4326 |
Coordinate precision | Unknown |
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) | 50.0 |
Terrestrial | true |
Verbatim latitude | 2 54 53 S |
Biome | TERRESTRIAL |
Marine | false |
Country Code | PG |
Verbatim longitude | 141 17 49 E |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate rounded | Warning |
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 | Warning |
Show/Hide 92 passed properties | |
Show/Hide 6 missing properties | |
Show/Hide 24 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 | 26.683332 °C |
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality | 87.0 % |