Occurrence record: MEL 1547435A

Preserved specimen of Dichanthium sericeum subsp. polystachyum (Benth.) B.K.Simon | Tassel Bluegrass recorded on 1948-10-27
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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 1547435A
Occurrence ID f9ff85e4-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Simon, B.K.  
Collector Specht, R.L.  
Supplied as "Specht, R.L."
Record number 1297
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Annual grass; tussocks 15 cm. diam.
recorded by ID https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3277170|https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3277170
Occurrence remarks Ex National Geographic Society of America and Commonwealth Government of Australia Expedition to Arnhem Land Aboriginal Reserve. Flora of Australia Project.
Date identified 1986
Identification ID f68d0502-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 35d7fb93-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1948-10-27
Supplied as year:1948  month:10  day:27 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 301

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Poales | Poaceae | Dichanthium | sericeum
Scientific name Dichanthium sericeum subsp. polystachyum
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Tassel Bluegrass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Dichanthium
Species Dichanthium sericeum
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet polystachyum
Subspecies Dichanthium sericeum subsp. polystachyum
Scientific name authorship (Benth.) B.K.Simon
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Oenpelli.
Habitat
Supplied as "Small areas of black soil plain near river."
Latitude -12.3167
Supplied as: "-12.3167000000"
Longitude 133.0667
Supplied as: "133.0667000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Oenpelli.
Field notes Annual grass; tussocks 15 cm. diam.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by Specht, R.L.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 19' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 133° 4' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 9c5adb8d-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST ALLIGATOR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kunbarllanjnja
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1746
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1963
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTH-WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GUNBALANYA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Wet tussock grassland with herbs, sedges or rushes, herblands or ferns
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1469.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 347.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 93.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1017.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 11.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 28.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.6 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.58
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.975 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 62.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.49
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 18.0 m