Occurrence record: CANB 151251.1

Preserved specimen of Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub. | Black Pine recorded on 1952-12-12
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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 151251.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Mallinson, D.J.  
Collector Grey, E.  
Supplied as "Grey, E."
Record number NGF 4803
Reproductive condition fruit|leaf
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 Small tree 55 ft [16.5 m] high with dense spreading crown, dbh 10 inch [25 cm]. Straight bole. Leaves dark green glossy above, medium green below. Bark: very dark brownish grey outer bark. Inner bark reddish brown 3/8 inch thick. Wood: sap and heart slightly differentiated, the later pinkish tinted. Fruit: fleshy, red when ripe, yellow and green immature stages, round smooth stone inside. This seed has small raised triangular protuberances and is not smooth as in Podocarpus amara. There appears to be two Podocarps in this area -- both good trees. The other one which was not collected has a sharply pointed leaf.
Date identified 2002-04-21

Event

Occurrence date 1952-12-12
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Prumnopitys amara
Supplied scientific name "Sundacarpus amara orth. var. C.N.Page"
Identified to rank species
Common name Black Pine
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Pinales
Family Podocarpaceae
Genus Prumnopitys
Supplied as "Sundacarpus"
Species Prumnopitys amara
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blume) de Laub.
Supplied as orth. var. C.N.Page
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory Eastern Highlands
Locality Kainantu.
Latitude -6.283333
Supplied as: "-6.283333333"
Longitude 145.85
Supplied as: "145.85"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by generalised arbitrary point
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 6 17 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 145 51 E

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.933332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 87.0 %