Occurrence record: NSW699768

Preserved specimen of Cucumis melo L. | Bush Cucumber recorded on 1954-03-20
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource NSW AVH feed
Institution code The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
Supplied institution code "NSW"
Collection National Herbarium of New South Wales
Supplied collection code "NSW"
Catalog number NSW699768
Occurrence ID NSW:NSW:NSW699768
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Gibbons, K.L.  
Collector Lazarides, M.  
Supplied as "Lazarides, M."
Record number 4430
Reproductive condition fertile
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Establishment means native
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Spiny - hairy, harsh creeper with long runners and yellow flowers. Fruit globular, hairy and fleshy.
Date identified 2019-10-30
Identification remarks Subspecies and varieties no longer recognised by APC

Event

Identification remarks Subspecies and varieties no longer recognised by APC
Occurrence date 1954-03-20
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification L.
Scientific name Cucumis melo
Supplied scientific name "Cucumis melo L."
Identified to rank species
Common name Bush Cucumber
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Cucumis
Species Cucumis melo
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN
Verbatim taxon rank species

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Toorak Experimental Station.
Habitat
Supplied as "Occasional in grey, heavy - textured soil, often in waste places and cultivation with Cucumis sp."
Latitude -21.08
Supplied as: "-21.08"
Longitude 141.75
Supplied as: "141.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system Degrees Minutes
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
County Burke
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 21 05 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141 45 E
Verbatim coordinates 21 05 S, 141 45 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Gulf
    NRM Regions 2017 Southern Gulf
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Southern Gulf
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Downs
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLINDERS-NORMAN RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 McKinlay (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated McKinlay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MCKINLAY SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 9
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 728
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN HIGHLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CLONCURRY - MCKINLAY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLONCURRY - MCKINLAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MOUNT ISA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TRAEGER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 412.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 256.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 281.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.66
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.354166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.13
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.33
    Elevation 142.0 m