Occurrence record: BRI AQ1050286

Preserved specimen of Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg | Tar Vine recorded on 2024-07-16
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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 AQ1050286
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:1050286
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Brushe, J.M.;Brushe, L.W.
Record number JB2715
License UNSPECIFIED
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Forb, ca 10cm tall, leaves green on upper surface, paler on under surface, flowers white.
Date identified 2024-09-30

Event

Occurrence date 2024-07-16
End day of year 198
Event remarks Occasional at site; lots of nesting lesser frigate birds in vicinity.
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 198

Taxonomy

Higher classification Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Caryophyllanae | Caryophyllales | Nyctaginaceae | Boerhavia | albiflora
Scientific name Boerhavia albiflora
Supplied scientific name "Boerhavia albiflora var. albiflora"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "variety"
Common name Tar Vine
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Nyctaginaceae
Genus Boerhavia
Species Boerhavia albiflora
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet albiflora
Scientific name authorship Fosberg
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Coral Sea Islands
Locality Coral Sea Marine Park, SW Herald Cay, interior of cay, 372km east of Cairns.
Habitat
Supplied as "Coral cay, soil is calcareous sands; growing in closed Plumbago zeylanica on interior plateau of cay."
Latitude -16.986111
Supplied as: "-16.9861111"
Longitude 149.134917
Supplied as: "149.1349167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Min elevation 3
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Conf.

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Coral Sea
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Coral Sea
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Coral Sea
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Coral Sea
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Province
    RAMSAR wetland regions Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Ramsar Wetlands of Australia 2024 Coral Sea Reserves (Coringa-Herald and Lihou Reefs and Cays)
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Coral Sea
    IBRA 7 Subregions Coral Sea
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Province
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    Australia's network of Marine Parks Coral Sea Marine Park
    Australian Marine Parks 2024 Coral Sea
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Coral Sea Islands
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated n.a.2
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2850.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1161.0 frequency