Occurrence record: BRI AQ1045640

Preserved specimen of Boerhavia albiflora Fosberg | Tar Vine recorded on 2023-05-29
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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 AQ1045640
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:1045640
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Brushe, J.M.;Brushe, L.W.
Record number JB2681
License UNSPECIFIED
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Forb with white flowers.
Date identified 2023-05-29

Event

Occurrence date 2023-05-29
End day of year 149
Event remarks Common throughout cay, particularly adjacent to seaward edges of vegetation; large numbers of brown noddies and occasional brown boobies nesting in site. Specimen has been gamma irradiated (25kGray) to comply with condition of import permit.
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 149

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, Mellish Reef, Herald Beacon Cay, SE area of the cay, Site M22; 848km NE of Mackay.
Habitat
Supplied as "Coral cay, calcareous sand/coral rubble substrate; Growing on flat area in closed grassland dominated by Lepturus repens."
Latitude -17.403222
Supplied as: "-17.4032222"
Longitude 155.8705
Supplied as: "155.8705"
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

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