Occurrence record: MEL 0655046A

Preserved specimen of Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Thwaites | Blyxa recorded on 1981-10-19
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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 0655046A
Occurrence ID 499ab1be-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Henshall, T.S.  
Supplied as "Henshall, T.S."
Record number 3851
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 Aquatic herb. Spines acute.
Identification ID 297eb512-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 67b76ce9-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1981-10-19
Supplied as year:1981  month:10  day:19 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 292

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Alismatales | Hydrocharitaceae | Blyxa
Scientific name Blyxa octandra
Identified to rank species
Common name Blyxa
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Alismatales
Family Hydrocharitaceae
Genus Blyxa
Species Blyxa octandra
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Roxb.) Thwaites
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Arnhemland Creek, 16 km W of Ramingining.
Habitat
Supplied as "Growing in fresh still water 30 cm deep."
Latitude -12.3167
Supplied as: "-12.3167000000"
Longitude 134.8333
Supplied as: "134.8333000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Arnhemland Creek, 16 km W of Ramingining.
Field notes Aquatic herb. Spines acute.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by Henshall, T.S.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 19' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 50' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID b3dc8a8b-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Subregions Snowy Mountains
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SNOWY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Snowy River (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Snowy River
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SNOWY MONARO REGIONAL COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 19
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2176
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) JINDABYNE - BERRIDALE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SNOWY MOUNTAINS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPITAL REGION
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) EDEN-MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SNOWY - MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SNOWY - MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Low Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1638.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 512.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 277.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 281.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 540.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 0.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.41 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.68
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 2.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 6.775 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 42.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.94
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1534.0 m