Occurrence record: MBA 6944.1
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 6944.1 |
Record type |
Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen" |
Preparations | sheet |
Identified by | Thompson, E.J. |
Collector |
Waterhouse, B.M.
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M." |
Record number | 2015 |
Reproductive condition | leaf |
License | CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
Language | en |
Type | PhysicalObject |
Presence/Absence | PRESENT Supplied as present |
Disposition | in collection |
Occurrence remarks | Robust grass with conspicuous inflorescences. Erect plant to 2m tall. Leaves scabrous downwards. Spikelets turn straw-coloured when ripe. Collected as part of a NAQS survey for weeds, insect pests and plant diseases. Grass |
Date identified | 2019-12 |
Event
Occurrence date | 1992-02-11 |
Date precision | DAY |
Taxonomy
Scientific name |
Cenchrus brevisetosus
Supplied scientific name "Cenchrus brevisetosus (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon" |
Identified to rank | species |
Common name | Cenchrus |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Charophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida |
Order | Poales |
Family | Poaceae |
Genus | Cenchrus |
Species | Cenchrus brevisetosus |
Name match metric | exactMatch |
Taxon remarks | Herb. BRI rep. |
Scientific name authorship | (B.K.Simon) B.K.Simon |
Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
Nomenclatural code | ICN |
Geospatial
Country | Australia |
State or Territory | Queensland |
Locality | Dauan Island, northern Torres Strait; c. 11km from PNG mainland. |
Habitat |
Supplied as "Mountainous island with large granite boulders and outcrops scattered over surface. Vine thickets scattered between outcrops, with grassy vegetation on lower slopes especially adjacent to village area. Sandy soil. Common in grassland patches around north-eastern side of island; also tracksides." |
Latitude |
-9.416667 Supplied as: "-9.416666667" |
Longitude |
142.533333 Supplied as: "142.533333333" |
Datum | EPSG:4326 |
Min elevation | 10 |
Coordinate precision | Unknown |
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) | 1600.0 |
Georeferenced by | generalised arbitrary point |
County | Cook |
Terrestrial | true |
Verbatim latitude | 9 25 S |
Biome | TERRESTRIAL |
Marine | false |
Country Code | AU |
Verbatim longitude | 142 32 E |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate rounded | Warning |
Coordinates dont match supplied country | Warning |
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 | Warning |
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Additional political boundaries information
Environmental sampling for this location
Climate | |
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean | 27.920834 °C |
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality | 70.0 % |