Occurrence record: MEL 2506438A

Preserved specimen of Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. | Colocynth recorded on 1836
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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 2506438A
Occurrence ID 0f8d50fc-79ee-4897-b85c-4ee697587738
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Schimper, W.  
Supplied as "Schimper, W."
Record number s.n.
Reproductive condition buds
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Establishment means uncertain
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Previous identifications Cucumis colocynthis L., 950. Cucumis colocynthis. L.
Occurrence remarks Unio itiner. 1837.
Identification remarks Citrullus colocynthis, Schrad (Cucumis colocynthis, L) (Index Kewensis)
Identification ID 9e550090-0aa4-460d-83bd-75e56b065105

Event

Event ID 8e80b0bf-e4b5-4559-85dd-2e9955e6f508
Identification remarks Citrullus colocynthis, Schrad (Cucumis colocynthis, L) (Index Kewensis)
Occurrence date Year: 1836, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1836 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Cucurbitales | Cucurbitaceae | Citrullus
Scientific name Citrullus colocynthis
Identified to rank species
Common name Colocynth
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Citrullus
Species Citrullus colocynthis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (L.) Schrad.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Africa | Egypt
Country Egypt
State or Territory Aswan
Locality In Aegypte superiori prope Kenne [=Qena] culta.
Latitude 25.8
Supplied as: "25.8000000000"
Longitude 32.75
Supplied as: "32.7500000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim locality In Aegypte superiori prope Kenne [=Qena] culta.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeference protocol GeoNames
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25° 48' N
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Africa
Marine false
Country Code EG
Verbatim longitude 32° 45' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 9deeb2fa-21d6-47e9-9477-cd70de3912f1

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Egypt

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.4 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %