Occurrence record: MEL 2086729A

Preserved specimen of Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. | Tiger Pear recorded on 2000-10-16
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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 2086729A
Occurrence ID e58cbc12-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Stajsic, V.  
Collector Cochrane, A.C.  
Supplied as "Cochrane, A.C."
Record number 1064
Reproductive condition fruit
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Dense branching cactus, cladodes terete, to c. 3cm diameter, some slightly flattened, segments to 12cm long. Red fruit terminal. Tuberous root stock. Spines extremely sharp, easily attaching to clothes and flesh. Stems very brittle at cladode articulations.
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Previous identifications Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl.
Occurrence remarks Voucher for phytochemical survey. Extensive patches to 20 square m, and to c. 50cm tall.
Date identified 2001-04-20
Identification ID e9f61324-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 28a90e09-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 2000-10-16
Supplied as year:2000  month:10  day:16 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 290

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Caryophyllanae | Caryophyllales | Cactaceae | Opuntia
Scientific name Opuntia aurantiaca
Identified to rank species
Common name Tiger Pear
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae
Genus Opuntia
Species Opuntia aurantiaca
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lindl.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Little River township, Raes Park, on the Banks of the Little River, below Cothwell Bridge on the Old Melbourne Road.
Habitat
Supplied as "Riverbank, reddish sandy soils, with Galenia pubescens, Schinus molle."
Latitude -37.98
Supplied as: "-37.9800000000"
Longitude 144.5072
Supplied as: "144.5072000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality Little River township, Raes Park, on the Banks of the Little River, below Cothwell Bridge on the Old Melbourne Road.
Field notes Dense branching cactus, cladodes terete, to c. 3cm diameter, some slightly flattened, segments to 12cm long. Red fruit terminal. Tuberous root stock. Spines extremely sharp, easily attaching to clothes and flesh. Stems very brittle at cladode articulations.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Georeferenced by Cochrane, A.C.
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2000-10-16T00:00
Supplied as 2000-10-16 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude 37° 58' 48" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 30' 26" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 96e8d363-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 023f3b29-56c2-441e-894a-8faa3d40b713
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia aurantiaca
    Coordinates -37.98,144.5072
    Related records
    Record UUID 9920adcb-d44f-44f8-92d8-12c1e3e7fb34
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia aurantiaca
    Coordinates -37.98,144.5072

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Otway Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MOORABOOL RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Greater Geelong (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Greater Geelong - Pt C
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GREATER GEELONG CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 27
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2309
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER DARWIN
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEDDELL
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LITCHFIELD
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LITCHFIELD
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HUMPTY DOO - ELIZABETH VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GOYDER
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1425.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 416.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 915.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.69
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 25.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.4 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.46
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 649.0 m