Occurrence record: CANB 832586.1

Preserved specimen of Sporobolus fertilis (Steud.) Clayton | Giant Parramatta Grass recorded on 2016-04-27
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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 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

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    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 %