Occurrence record: MEL 2578528A

Preserved specimen of Geococcus pusillus J.Drumm. ex Harv. | Earth Cress recorded on 2025-09-02

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 2578528A
Occurrence ID	78af1a33-e0ac-4f62-9f4d-583bb9eab234
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Identified by	Murfet, D.E.
Collector	Murfet, D.E. \| Duval, D.J. \| Guerin, J.R.
Record number	11148
Reproductive condition	fruit
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Establishment means	native
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Field notes	Leaves dark green in loose basal rosette. Fruits pushed into ground.
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Occurrence remarks	Abundant.
Date identified	2025-10-16
Identification ID	2bd65091-3267-4b11-8c4d-ffd08fd4ae43

Event

Event ID	207b4d0d-c3c9-4f51-97d5-499ad885b139
Occurrence date	2025-09-02 Supplied as year:2025 month:9 day:2
End day of year	245
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	245

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Streptophyta \| Embryophyta \| Tracheophyta \| Spermatophytina \| "Angiospermae" \| Magnoliopsida \| Brassicales \| Brassicaceae \| Geococcus
Scientific name	Geococcus pusillus
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Earth Cress
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Equisetopsida Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order	Brassicales
Family	Brassicaceae
Genus	Geococcus
Species	Geococcus pusillus
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	J.Drumm. ex Harv. Supplied as J.R.Drumm. ex Harv.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	South Australia
Locality	Hills North of Corunna Station homestead.
Habitat	South side of conglomerate hill. Growing near Callitris glaucophylla, Cassinia laevis, Dodonaea viscosa and Senecio glossanthus.
Latitude	-32.680944 Supplied as: "-32.6809444444"
Longitude	137.127722 Supplied as: "137.1277222222"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality	Hills North of Corunna Station homestead.
Field notes	Leaves dark green in loose basal rosette. Fruits pushed into ground.
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10.0
Georeference protocol	GPS
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	32 40 51.4 S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	137 07 39.8 E
Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
Location ID	ee3715b8-7a9c-4199-b80f-7041a32df911

Additional properties

material entity id	78af1a33-e0ac-4f62-9f4d-583bb9eab234

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Coordinate rounded	Warning
Show/Hide 97 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing georeferenced by	Passed
Missing georeference protocol	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 3 missing properties
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 22 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Occurrence record: MEL 2578528A

Dataset

Event

Taxonomy

Geospatial

Additional properties

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

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Classification	Scientific name	Geococcus pusillus	Geococcus pusillus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795631
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51751333
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2908386
	Order	Brassicales	Brassicales
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2908386
	Genus	Geococcus	Geococcus
	Left		508292
	Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Streptophyta \| Embryophyta \| Tracheophyta \| Spermatophytina \| "Angiospermae" \| Magnoliopsida \| Brassicales \| Brassicaceae \| Geococcus
	Scientific name authorship	J.R.Drumm. ex Harv.	J.Drumm. ex Harv.
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896756
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Earth Cress
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51751334
	Right		508292
	Kingdom	Plantae	Plantae
	Specific epithet	pusillus
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795630
	Phylum		Charophyta
	Class	Magnoliopsida	Equisetopsida
	Species		Geococcus pusillus
	Family	Brassicaceae	Brassicaceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795632
Event	Event ID	207b4d0d-c3c9-4f51-97d5-499ad885b139
	Year	2025	2025
	End day of year		245
	Month	9	9
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year	245	245
	Day	2	2
	Event date	2025-09-02	2025-09-02
Identification	Date identified	2025-10-16	2025-10-16
	Identified by	[Murfet, D.E.]
	Identification ID	2bd65091-3267-4b11-8c4d-ffd08fd4ae43
Occurrence	Rights holder		Royal Botanic Gardens Board
	Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
	Establishment means	native	native
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	MEL 2578528A
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Field notes	Leaves dark green in loose basal rosette. Fruits pushed into ground.
	Modified	2026-03-03 19:00:01	2026-03-03T19:00:01
	Reproductive condition	fruit
	Record number	11148
	Collection code	MEL
	Occurrence ID	78af1a33-e0ac-4f62-9f4d-583bb9eab234
	Collection ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
	Preparations	Sheet
	Institution code	MEL
	Recorded by	Murfet, D.E. \| Duval, D.J. \| Guerin, J.R.
	Occurrence remarks	Abundant.
Attribution	Data resource		National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
	Collection		National Herbarium of Victoria
	License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr376	dr376
	Institution ID		in21
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh2, dh9]
	Collection ID		co55
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	South side of conglomerate hill. Growing near Callitris glaucophylla, Cassinia laevis, Dodonaea viscosa and Senecio glossanthus.
	Decimal latitude	-32.6809444444	-32.680944
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Hills North of Corunna Station homestead.	Hills North of Corunna Station homestead.
	Decimal longitude	137.1277222222	137.127722
	State province	South Australia	South Australia
	Verbatim locality	Hills North of Corunna Station homestead.
	Verbatim latitude	32 40 51.4 S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	Oceania
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10.0	10.0
	Lga	Unincorporated SA
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	AU	AU
	Verbatim longitude	137 07 39.8 E
	Georeference protocol	GPS
	Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
	Geodetic datum	epsg:4326	EPSG:4326
	Location ID	ee3715b8-7a9c-4199-b80f-7041a32df911