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Occurrence record: MEL 1605225A

Preserved specimen of Dendrobium discolor Lindl. | Golden Orchid recorded on 1991-07-17
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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 1605225A
Occurrence ID 05c6342c-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Forster, P.I.
Record number 9030
Reproductive condition flowers
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 2 inferred associated occurrences
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
Institution ID https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Arborescent terrestrial orchid to 2 m, flowers yellow and brown.
recorded by ID http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q9057027
Collection https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Data generalizations Record is Special Least Concern in Queensland. Generalised to 2km by Qld DEHP.
Occurrence remarks Very common in area.
Identification ID fd7785dc-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Occurrence date 1991-07-17
Supplied as year:1991  month:7  day:17 
End day of year 198
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 198

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophytina | "Angiospermae" | Magnoliopsida | Asparagales | Orchidaceae | Dendrobium
Scientific name Dendrobium discolor
Identified to rank species
Common name Golden Orchid
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Asparagales
Family Orchidaceae
Genus Dendrobium
Species Dendrobium discolor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lindl.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Habitat Growing in amongst granite rock piles.
Latitude -12.7
Supplied as: "-12.7"
Longitude 143.1
Supplied as: "143.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Min elevation 280.0
Max elevation 280.0
Field notes Arborescent terrestrial orchid to 2 m, flowers yellow and brown.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Special Least Concern in Queensland. Generalised to 2km by Qld DEHP.".
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS epsg:4326
Location ID 8d47a337-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Additional properties

material entity id 05c6342c-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 31e3a9a1-da54-4815-a9d9-6230fe22f1cd
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrobium discolor
    Coordinates -12.7,143.1
    Related records
    Record UUID 548ef484-a8e9-4848-b122-c2d0f4c4374c
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrobium discolor
    Coordinates -12.7,143.1
    Record UUID 6cbb0f3b-248e-418b-91dd-4e4eeb94842b
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Dendrobium discolor
    Coordinates -12.7,143.1

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kaanju Ngaachi
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Coen-Yambo Inlier
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Coen-Yambo Inlier
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 OLIVE-PASCOE RIVERS
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Lockhart River
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Lockhart River
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Kaanju Ngaachi Wenlock and Pascoe Rivers
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cape York
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Cape York Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Leichhardt
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Kaanju Ngaachi
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lockhart River (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lockhart River
    Local Government Areas 2023 Lockhart River
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LOCKHART RIVER ABORIGINAL SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 220
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 629
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    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) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LOCKHART RIVER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Cook
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Cape York
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4892
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Cape York
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Far North
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Queensland - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Melaleuca Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca open forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Other forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Other forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3154.0 frequency
    Species Richness 898.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1826.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 72.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 715.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 99.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1150.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.62 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.57
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1733.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 61.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 9.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 102.932594 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 649.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 381.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1094.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 25.708334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 18.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.016666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.65 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 61.758 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 171.4488
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 27.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 27.016666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 63.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 98.0 m