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    Specimen Oct 26, 1992

    Poa amplexicaulis

    AustraliaVictoriaMoorabool
    Brisbane Ranges National Park. c. 250 m SW of Aeroplane Road turnoff on Reids Road.

    Record

    GrSciColl institution
    70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
    GrSciColl collection
    7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
    Dataset
    National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Basis of record
    Preserved specimen

    Taxon

    Scientific name
    Poa amplexicaulis
    Taxon concept ID
    https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51442823
    Higher classification
    Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophytina | Angiospermae | Magnoliopsida | Poales | Poaceae | Poa
    Kingdom
    Plantae
    Phylum
    Charophyta
    Class
    Equisetopsida
    Order
    Poales
    Family
    Poaceae
    Genus
    Poa
    Specific epithet
    amplexicaulis
    Rank
    species
    Vernacular name
    Red-sheath Tussock-grass
    Nomenclatural code
    ICN
    Scientific name authorship
    C.M.Weiller & Stajsic
    GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

    Poa amplexicaulis C.M.Weiller & Stajsic

    KingdomPlantaePhylumTracheophytaClassLiliopsidaOrderPoalesFamilyPoaceaeGenusPoaSpeciesPoa amplexicaulis
    • Taxon concept ID not found
    Catalogue of Life

    Poa amplexicaulis C.M.Weiller & Stajsic

    DomainEukaryotaKingdomPlantaeSubkingdomPteridobiotinaPhylumTracheophytaClassLiliopsidaOrderPoalesFamilyPoaceaeGenusPoaSpeciesPoa amplexicaulis
    • Taxon concept ID not found
    Identification ID
    e77416ca-d344-4646-b4b5-1fe5d2570d87
    Identified by
    • Birch, J.L.
    Date identified
    2016-05-27

    Location

    Location ID
    895756f9-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
    Continent
    Oceania
    Inferred
    Country or area
    Australia
    State province
    Victoria
    Locality
    Brisbane Ranges National Park. c. 250 m SW of Aeroplane Road turnoff on Reids Road.
    Verbatim locality
    Brisbane Ranges National Park. c. 250 m SW of Aeroplane Road turnoff on Reids Road.
    Decimal latitude
    -37.741
    Decimal longitude
    144.304
    Coordinate uncertainty in metres
    1,000
    Altered
    1000.0
    original
    Coordinate precision
    0
    Altered
    2.777778E-4
    original
    Verbatim coordinate system
    degrees minutes seconds
    Verbatim SRS
    epsg:4326
    Geodetic datum
    EPSG:4326
    Verbatim latitude
    37° 44' 29 S
    Verbatim longitude
    144° 18' 15 E
    Location according to GADM
    AustraliaVictoriaMoorabool
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    Occurrence

    Occurrence ID
    8ee18274-5371-421b-bd91-aaceacd2a470
    Catalogue number
    MEL 2017900A
    Record number
    617
    Recorded by
    • Stajsic, V.
    • Clarke, I.C.
    • Albrecht, D.E.
    Recorded by ID
    • http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q26714177
    • http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8354093
    Sex
    Occurrence status
    Present
    Preparations
    • Sheet
    Occurrence remarks
    Locally common. .
    Event ID
    0af6bb88-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
    Event date
    1992-10-26
    Habitat
    Growing in dry sclerophyll woodland dominated by stunted Eucalyptus macrorhyncha, E. tricarpa and E. goniocalyx. Geology is very dry and rocky, of metamorphosed sandstone.
    Field notes
    A perennial herb (grass) to 30 cm high. Leaves bright/light green. Sheaths are shiny red. This character of red sheaths is consistent. The plant is stoloniferous, but well above the plant, not so much along ground. Appears as tussock.
    Previous identifications
    Poa amplexicaulis C.M.Weiller & Stajsic, Walsh N.G., 2005-08-08 | Poa amplexicaulis C.M.Weiller & Stajsic, Soreng R.J., 2011

    Other

    Record licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Altered
    CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
    original
    Institution code
    MEL
    Institution ID
    Collection code
    MEL
    Collection ID
    Identifier
    8ee18274-5371-421b-bd91-aaceacd2a470
    Modified
    2023-01-21T09:08:13
    Rights holder
    Royal Botanic Gardens Board
    Type
    PhysicalObject
    GBIF ID
    2438001144

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    Citation

    Please use this citation in publications
    Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria (2025). National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rhzrxw accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-18. https://gbif.org/occurrence/2438001144
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    Dataset
    National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Publisher
    Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
    Last crawled
    2025-08-08T01:04:34.846