Occurrence record: CANB 484736.1

Preserved specimen of Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb. | Cardwell Cabbage recorded on 1986-10-01
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
Institution code Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
Supplied institution code "CANB"
Collection Australian National Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CANB"
Catalog number CANB 484736.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Howarth, D.  
Collector Gay, H.J.  
Supplied as "Gay, H.J."
Record number 988
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Strand tree to 8 m tall; leaves pale waxy green above and below,midrib white; bark pale brown, twigs sappy, flowers white, calyx pale green,no fragrance.
Date identified 1997

Event

Occurrence date 1986-10-01
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scaevola taccada
Supplied scientific name "Scaevola sericea Vahl"
Identified to rank species
Common name Cardwell Cabbage
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Asterales
Family Goodeniaceae
Genus Scaevola
Species Scaevola taccada
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Supplied as Vahl
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
Locality Nassai Island, Woodlark Archipelago, Guasopa Subdistrict,Milne Bay District.
Habitat
Supplied as "Coral island, Rhizophora and Barringtonia forest, with Diospyros onhigher ground. Underneath sparse, many seedlings. Soil scanty, much coralextruding."
Latitude -9.133333
Supplied as: "-9.133333333"
Longitude 152.833333
Supplied as: "152.833333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 10
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 25000.0
Georeferenced by compiler
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9 8 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 152 50 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.475 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 79.0 %