Occurrence record: NSW278874

Preserved specimen of Sporobolus natalensis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz | Giant Rat's Tail recorded on 1970-11-19

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Dataset

Data partner	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource	NSW AVH feed
Institution code	The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust Supplied institution code "NSW"
Collection	National Herbarium of New South Wales Supplied collection code "NSW"
Catalog number	NSW278874
Occurrence ID	NSW:NSW:NSW278874
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	sheet
Identified by	Simon, B.K.
Collector	Faulkner, H. Supplied as "Faulkner, H."
Record number	4474
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Establishment means	native
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Disposition	in collection
Occurrence remarks	Common. Growing in large clumps. A strong tough grass, with deep roots. Spikelets green, ripening to dull purple. Common in coast areas. Seen for 'Flora of Tropical East Africa'.
Date identified	1994-01-28

Event

Occurrence date	1970-11-19
Date precision	DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification	(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
Scientific name	Sporobolus natalensis Supplied scientific name "Sporobolus natalensis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Giant Rat's Tail
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Equisetopsida
Order	Poales
Family	Poaceae
Genus	Sporobolus
Species	Sporobolus natalensis
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN
Verbatim taxon rank	species

Geospatial

Country	Tanzania, United Republic of Supplied as "TANZANIA"
Locality	Soni. W Usambara Mts. District Lushota.
Habitat	Supplied as "Grassland. Generally damp areas."
Latitude	-4.9 Supplied as: "-4.90"
Longitude	38.33 Supplied as: "38.33"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system	Degrees Minutes
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Terrestrial	true
Elevation	1158 m
Verbatim latitude	04 54 S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	TZ
Verbatim longitude	38 20 E
Verbatim coordinates	04 54 S, 38 20 E

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	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 rounded	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
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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 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
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Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
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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)

Additional political boundaries information

Political
World Country Boundaries	Tanzania

Environmental sampling for this location

Climate
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	19.641666 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	63.0 %

AVH

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Occurrence record: NSW278874

Dataset

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Classification	Scientific name	Sporobolus natalensis (Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz	Sporobolus natalensis
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51744351
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51644646
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2907205
	Order		Poales
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2907205
	Genus	Sporobolus	Sporobolus
	Left		557132
	Higher classification	(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
	Scientific name authorship		(Steud.) T.Durand & Schinz
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51443136
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Giant Rat's Tail
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51670859
	Right		557132
	Kingdom		Plantae
	Specific epithet	natalensis
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51744350
	Phylum		Charophyta
	Class		Equisetopsida
	Species		Sporobolus natalensis
	Family	Poaceae	Poaceae
	Verbatim taxon rank	species
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51744352
Event	Year		1970
	Month		11
	Date precision		DAY
	Day		19
	Event date	1970-11-19	1970-11-19
Identification	Date identified	1994-01-28	1994-01-28
Identification	Identified by	[Simon, B.K.]
Occurrence	Establishment means	native	native
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	NSW278874
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2022-02-03T12:31:48	2022-02-03T12:31:48
	Record number	4474
	Collection code	NSW
	Occurrence ID	NSW:NSW:NSW278874
	Preparations	sheet
	Institution code	NSW
	Disposition	in collection
	Recorded by	Faulkner, H.	[Faulkner, H.]
	Occurrence remarks	Common. Growing in large clumps. A strong tough grass, with deep roots. Spikelets green, ripening to dull purple. Common in coast areas. Seen for 'Flora of Tropical East Africa'.
Attribution	Data resource		NSW AVH feed
	Collection		National Herbarium of New South Wales
	License		CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr15861	dr15861
	Institution ID		in50
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
	Data hub uid	[dh9]
	Collection ID		co54
Location	Country	TANZANIA	Tanzania, United Republic of
	Habitat	Grassland. Generally damp areas.
	Decimal latitude	-4.90	-4.9
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Verbatim elevation	1158 m
	Locality	Soni. W Usambara Mts. District Lushota.	Soni. W Usambara Mts. District Lushota.
	Decimal longitude	38.33	38.33
	Verbatim latitude	04 54 S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000	10000.0
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		TZ
	Verbatim longitude	38 20 E
	Verbatim coordinate system	Degrees Minutes
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326
	Verbatim coordinates		04 54 S, 38 20 E