Occurrence record: MBA 4093.1

Preserved specimen of Centella asiatica (L.) Urb. | Indian Pennywort recorded on 1990-08-28
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
Institution code Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied institution code "CNS"
Collection Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CNS"
Catalog number MBA 4093.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Waterhouse, B.M. (BRI replicate)  
Identified date 1992-02
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 1162
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Verious recently established fruit trees and vegetables. Prostrate, creeping herb which roots at nodes, forming a dense map c. 25m squared beneath bananas and other orchard plants in cultivated area adjacent to rainforest gully. Leaves eaten by residents of the surrounding commune. Collected as part of a NAQS survey for weeds insects pests and plant diseases.
Date identified 1992-02

Event

Occurrence date 1990-08-28
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Centella asiatica
Supplied scientific name "Centella asiatica (L.) Urb."
Identified to rank species
Common name Indian Pennywort
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Apiales
Family Apiaceae
Genus Centella
Species Centella asiatica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (L.) Urb.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality New Wattle Hills, small, recent settlement on Hann Creek c. 10km west of Wattle Hills homestead.
Habitat
Supplied as "Rainforest clearing in hilly terrain with sclerophyll vegetation on upper slopes."
Latitude -12.583333
Supplied as: "-12.583333333"
Longitude 143.083333
Supplied as: "143.083333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 16000.0
Georeferenced by automatically generated
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12 35 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143 5 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kaanju Ngaachi
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Coen-Yambo Inlier
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 OLIVE-PASCOE RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Kaanju Ngaachi
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lockhart River (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lockhart River
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LOCKHART RIVER ABORIGINAL SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 220
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 629
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Other forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1788.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 68.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 700.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1130.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.62 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.56
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.979166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 63.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.59
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 37.0 m