Occurrence record: MEL:MEL 0724872A

Preserved specimen of Cyperus congestus Vahl | Dense Flat-sedge recorded on 1989-03-26
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Dataset

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 0724872A
Occurrence ID 23d8f7d8-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Bates, R.  
Supplied as "Bates, R."
Record number 17457
Reproductive condition flowers
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Perennial.
Occurrence remarks Big patch on roadside. Could become quite a pest.
Identification ID 11778018-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 51803bf2-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1989-03-26
Supplied as year:1989  month:3  day:26 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 85

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Poales | Cyperaceae | Cyperus
Scientific name Cyperus congestus
Identified to rank species
Common name Dense Flat-sedge
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Poales
Family Cyperaceae
Genus Cyperus
Species Cyperus congestus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Vahl
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality At Glencoe.
Latitude -37.5667
Supplied as: "-37.5667000000"
Longitude 140.5
Supplied as: "140.5000000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality At Glencoe.
Field notes Perennial.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Bates, R.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 34' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140° 30' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID a8e4dbd7-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mount Gambier
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MILLICENT COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wattle Range (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wattle Range - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WATTLE RANGE COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 27
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1218
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WATTLE RANGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LIMESTONE COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LIMESTONE COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Industrial plantation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Softwood plantation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Softwood plantation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 781.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 337.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 81.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 81.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 337.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.4625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.66
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 83.0 m