Occurrence record: MEL 0291470A

Preserved specimen of Cucumis melo L. | Bush Cucumber recorded on 1998-03-31
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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 0291470A
Occurrence ID 3a10c580-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 4861
Reproductive condition flowers | fruit
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Scrambling vine with scabrous stems and foliage. Flowers yellow. Fruit ovoid to 3 cm long. Green, becoming yellow as ripens, fleshy.
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Occurrence remarks Potential fruit fly host. Specimen discoloured by ethanol treatment (for quarantine purposes). Collected as part of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. Ex BRI. NAQS Botanical Collection - Mareeba, Queensland.
Identification ID 1eedf08e-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 5dee5ee1-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1998-03-31
Supplied as year:1998  month:3  day:31 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 90

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Cucurbitales | Cucurbitaceae | Cucumis
Scientific name Cucumis melo
Identified to rank species
Common name Bush Cucumber
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Cucumis
Species Cucumis melo
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 Queensland
Locality Boigu Island, Torres Strait.
Habitat
Supplied as "A mud cay. Collected from western end of airstrip near rubbish dump."
Latitude -9.2314
Supplied as: "-9.2314000000"
Longitude 142.2211
Supplied as: "142.2211000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality Boigu Island, Torres Strait.
Min elevation 10.0
Max elevation 10.0
Field notes Scrambling vine with scabrous stems and foliage. Flowers yellow. Fruit ovoid to 3 cm long. Green, becoming yellow as ripens, fleshy.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Georeferenced by Waterhouse, B.M.
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 1998-03-31T00:00
Supplied as 1998-03-31 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude 9° 13' 53" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 13' 16" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID ae9959e6-1abc-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 988f01f0-b1d5-4509-a0b1-026090c61bac
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Cucumis melo
    Coordinates -9.231389,142.220833
    Related records
    Record UUID 2a49ff87-fc32-4bdd-9067-07189607ba0c
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Cucumis melo
    Coordinates -9.2314,142.2211
    Record UUID 398962c8-0ae5-4176-9bc0-1bc875c57150
    Data Resource Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Cucumis melo L.
    Coordinates -9.2315,142.221

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cape York-Torres Strait
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Boigu People
    Local Government Areas 2011 Torres Strait Island (R)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES STRAIT ISLAND REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes People of Boigu Island #2
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 726
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 804
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KALAKAWAL - TOP WESTERN ISLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BOIGU ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TORRES STRAIT
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.783333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 72.0 %