Occurrence record: MEL 2334306A

Preserved specimen of Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. | Loofah recorded on 2009-03-24
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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 2334306A
Occurrence ID 6c1340b2-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Cowie, I.D.  
Supplied as "Cowie, I.D."
Record number 12322
Reproductive condition fruit
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Vine; corolla yellow; fruit ovoid.
Occurrence remarks Common and regenerating after previous year's fire.
Identification ID 4025d163-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 7c7db595-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 2009-03-24
Supplied as year:2009  month:3  day:24 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 83

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Cucurbitales | Cucurbitaceae | Luffa
Scientific name Luffa aegyptiaca
Identified to rank species
Common name Loofah
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Luffa
Species Luffa aegyptiaca
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Mill.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Keep River N[ational] P[ark]; Spirit Hills area, c. 35 km SW of Bullo River Homestead.
Habitat
Supplied as "In mixed vine thicket and shrubland in sandstone gorge, on sand."
Latitude -15.3475
Supplied as: "-15.3475000000"
Longitude 129.5753
Supplied as: "129.5753000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality Keep River N[ational] P[ark]; Spirit Hills area, c. 35 km SW of Bullo River Homestead.
Field notes Vine; corolla yellow; fruit ovoid.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Cowie, I.D.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 20' 51" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 129° 34' 31" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID bcfdaa8d-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Keep River
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Keep River
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Regions Victoria Bonaparte
    IBRA 7 Subregions Keep
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    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 Victoria-Daly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Victoria
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 VICTORIA DALY REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Spirit Hills Pastoral Lease No.2
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 229
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 375
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) VICTORIA RIVER
    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) VICTORIA RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TIMBER CREEK - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1049.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 329.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 68.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 739.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.516666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.41
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 167.0 m