Occurrence record: DNA D0178176

Preserved specimen of Megathyrsus maximus var. maximus | Guinea Grass recorded on 2003-12-04
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
Institution code Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Supplied institution code "DNA"
Collection Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin)
Supplied collection code "DNA"
Catalog number DNA D0178176
Occurrence ID DNA:DNA:DNA D0178176
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Mitchell, A. Andrew  
Supplied as "Andrew A. Mitchell"
Record number 7715
Reproductive condition flower,fruit
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Establishment means introduced
Supplied as naturalised
Type PhyscialObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as Present
Occurrence remarks Upright tussocking grass growing up to 1.6 m tall.Sandy river bank. One small patch 10 x 10m. Riverine woodland of mainly Melaleuca.

Event

Occurrence date 2003-12-04
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megathyrsus maximus var. maximus
Supplied scientific name "Megathyrsus maximus (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs var. maximus"
Identified to rank variety
Supplied as "var."
Common name Guinea Grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Megathyrsus
Species Megathyrsus maximus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet maximus
Scientific name authorship (Jacq.) B.K.Simon & S.W.L.Jacobs
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "The Northern Territory"
Locality Road into Gumlon, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Latitude -13.4686
Supplied as: "-13.4686000004279"
Longitude 132.4469
Supplied as: "132.4469"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Road into Gumlon, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Georeferenced by Andrew A. Mitchell
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kakadu
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kakadu
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Plateau
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Plateau
    IBRA 7 Subregions Alligator
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Nyirranggulung Mardrulk Ngadberre
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1514
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1635
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ELSEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ELSEY - ROPER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ELSEY ROPER - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Low Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Low Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a hummock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1306.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 112.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 393.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 871.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.554167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 82.0 m