Occurrence record: MEL:MEL 2341160A

Preserved specimen of Arundo donax L. | Giant Reed recorded on 2010-05-20
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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 2341160A
Occurrence ID 6cd90162-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Stajsic, V.  
Identified date 2010-05-20
Collector Stajsic, V.  
Supplied as "Stajsic, V."
Record number 5390
Reproductive condition flowers
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Establishment means introduced
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Robust, bamboo-like, rhizomatous grass, forming clumps to several metres across. Culms erect, to 5 metres high, to 3 cm across, noded. Basal part of culm with stramineous bracts. Culms branched or unbranched. Leaves alternate, 2- ranked, to 5 cm across. Larger, older leaves often longitudinally torn. Leaves blue-green, dull, more or less concolorous. Panicle 55 x 6 cm. Glumes more or less mid reddish-brown, suffused with purple, suffusion more extensive in upper glume. Glumes drying tro stramineous, except for the purple region. Protandrous.
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Occurrence remarks Styles greenish, anthers pale yellow.
Date identified 2010-05-20
Identification ID 40f9c4c6-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 7d987443-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 2010-05-20
Supplied as year:2010  month:5  day:20 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 140

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Poales | Poaceae | Arundo
Scientific name Arundo donax
Identified to rank species
Common name Giant Reed
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Arundo
Species Arundo donax
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Locality Cultivated in Australia, Victoria, South Yarra, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, south edge of Ornamental Lake, between Eel Bridge and William Tell Rest House, grid DE65.
Habitat
Supplied as "Growing at edge of lake."
Verbatim locality Cultivated in Australia, Victoria, South Yarra, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, south edge of Ornamental Lake, between Eel Bridge and William Tell Rest House, grid DE65.
Field notes Robust, bamboo-like, rhizomatous grass, forming clumps to several metres across. Culms erect, to 5 metres high, to 3 cm across, noded. Basal part of culm with stramineous bracts. Culms branched or unbranched. Leaves alternate, 2- ranked, to 5 cm across. Larger, older leaves often longitudinally torn. Leaves blue-green, dull, more or less concolorous. Panicle 55 x 6 cm. Glumes more or less mid reddish-brown, suffused with purple, suffusion more extensive in upper glume. Glumes drying tro stramineous, except for the purple region. Protandrous.
Terrestrial false
Marine false
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID bd7658f7-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 016875e4-4367-4a3a-8f50-34cef9d87668
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Arundo donax
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