Occurrence record: MEL 0607195A

Preserved specimen of Pistia stratiotes L. | Water Lettuce recorded on 1976-05-12
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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 0607195A
Occurrence ID 48a3a8f6-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Aston, H.I.  
Collector Aston, H.I.  
Supplied as "Aston, H.I."
Record number 1923
Associated Occurrence Status Asserted duplicates
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Plants in great rafts floating further out on the water. Flowers present.
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Occurrence remarks Abundant.
Identification ID 27f3d611-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 665fd8dd-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1976-05-12
Supplied as year:1976  month:5  day:12 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 133

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Alismatales | Araceae | Pistia
Scientific name Pistia stratiotes
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Lettuce
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Alismatales
Family Araceae
Genus Pistia
Species Pistia stratiotes
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Mary River floodplain, near the airstrip for Jimmys Creek abattoirs (just W of the Point Stuart Road).
Habitat
Supplied as "On mud of the floodplain."
Latitude -12.5667
Supplied as: "-12.5667000000"
Longitude 131.7167
Supplied as: "131.7167000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Mary River floodplain, near the airstrip for Jimmys Creek abattoirs (just W of the Point Stuart Road).
Field notes Plants in great rafts floating further out on the water. Flowers present.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Aston, H.I.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 34' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131° 43' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID b2bed2ff-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 58f66cd8-85dd-4172-b81d-aa77817d7a6b
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Pistia stratiotes
    Coordinates -12.573577,131.726168
    Related records
    Record UUID 09ce5169-24d3-499a-9020-a3677dc5adda
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Pistia stratiotes
    Coordinates -12.5667,131.7167

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Mary Floodplain System
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MARY RIVER (NT)
    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 Unincorporated NT
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Alligator
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 UN-INCORPORATED (MARRAKAI-DOUGLA AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 206
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 485
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALLIGATOR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - JABIRU
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KAKADU - MARRAKAI - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote 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, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Wet tussock grassland with herbs, sedges or rushes, herblands or ferns
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1449.0 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) 415.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 932.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 9.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.67
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.154167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 6.0 m