Occurrence record: MEL 2525878A

Preserved specimen of Cenchrus echinatus L. | Mossman River Grass recorded on 2022-05-21
   API

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 2525878A
Occurrence ID 9f1700fc-eed4-49bb-b54b-2fb01124273e
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Murfet, D.E.  
Identified date 2022-05-30
Collector Murfet, D.E.  
Supplied as "Murfet, D.E."
Record number 10097
Reproductive condition fertile
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 Spreading grass to 50 cm high. Young heads dark red which fade to fawn as they mature.
Occurrence remarks Several. Naturalised.
Date identified 2022-05-30
Identification ID b1716701-8821-46b2-ba91-87d71c569486

Event

Event ID c2767039-ce65-4738-a5b1-ed0b1bccc328
Occurrence date 2022-05-21
Supplied as year:2022  month:5  day:21 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 141

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Poales | Poaceae | Cenchrus
Scientific name Cenchrus echinatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Mossman River Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Cenchrus
Species Cenchrus echinatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Indulkana Creek bed under road bridge.
Habitat
Supplied as "Pale gritty orange sand creek bed. Growing near Eulalia aurea, Cenchrus ciliaris and Eragrostis leptocarpa."
Latitude -26.986528
Supplied as: "-26.9865278000"
Longitude 133.412667
Supplied as: "133.4126667000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim locality Indulkana Creek bed under road bridge.
Field notes Spreading grass to 50 cm high. Young heads dark red which fade to fawn as they mature.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 26° 59' 11.5" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 133° 24' 45.6" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID e0bee024-f098-4efa-aeba-c564d1cf60fd

Additional properties

duplicates distributed to AD

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate rounded Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Unrecognized geodetic datum Warning
    Taxon misapplied matched Warning
    Show/Hide 88 passed properties
    Show/Hide 4 missing properties
    Show/Hide 18 tests that have not been run

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Stony Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Central Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions Everard Block
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Anangu Pitjantjatjara (AC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Anangu Pitjantjatjara
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ANANGU PITJANTJATJARA YANKUNYTJATJARA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1702
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1905
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) APY LANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ANANGU PITJANTJATJARA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) INDULKANA AND INDULKANA HOMELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT AUGUSTA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with tussock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 217.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 89.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 32.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.879168 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.11
    Elevation 372.0 m