Occurrence record: MEL 2382591A
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 2382591A |
Occurrence ID | e7382aaa-322b-4161-a6d1-5f70775773f9 |
Record type |
Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen" |
Preparations | Sheet |
Identified by | Stajsic, V. |
Identified date | 2014-09-03 |
Collector |
Stajsic, V.
Supplied as "Stajsic, V." |
Record number | 7144 |
License | CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode |
Rights holder | Royal Botanic Gardens Board |
Establishment means | introduced |
Presence/Absence | PRESENT Supplied as present |
Field notes | Multistemmed (no evidence of coppicing, no old stump), ca. 5 metres high x 5 metres across. Trunk ca. 6-8 cm across at breast height, bark grey, more or less smooth, except for scattered, small ? lenticel-like structures. Branches somewhat drooping. Smaller branchlets slightly compressed, with a midline keel on one side, green, slightly subglacous, glossy. Leaves alternate on orthotropic branches, and opposite on plagiotropic branches. Leaf upper surface dark green and glossy, with paler green veins. Leaf lower surface mid green and slightly glossy. Leaves with a strong scent when crushed, similar to that of Schinus teberenthifolius. Flowers bisexual. Petals yellowish white, dull. Disc intrastaminal, fleshy, slightly lobed, yellowish green, becoming pale yellow. Filaments off-white, anthers lemon-yellow. Ovary mid green. Stigma green. Flowers without apparent scent. |
Date identified | 2014-09-03 |
Identification ID | 96db271d-7641-47c8-9441-19dbe866f4e0 |
Event
Event ID | c3f93097-65c8-4451-9fbc-e95dfccc0500 |
Occurrence date |
2014-09-03
Supplied as year:2014 month:9 day:3 |
Date precision | DAY |
Start day of year | 246 |
Taxonomy
Higher classification | Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Celastrales | Celastraceae | Catha |
Scientific name |
Celastraceae
Supplied scientific name "Catha edulis" |
Identified to rank |
family
Supplied as "species" |
Common name | Spindle Tree |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum |
Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta" |
Class |
Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida" |
Order | Celastrales |
Family | Celastraceae |
Genus | Catha |
Species | Catha edulis |
Name match metric | higherMatch |
Scientific name authorship | R.Br. Supplied as (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl. |
Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
Nomenclatural code | ICN |
Geospatial
Higher geography | Oceania | Australia |
Country | Australia |
State or Territory | Victoria |
Locality | Melbourne. |
Habitat |
Supplied as "Planted, in garden bed." |
Verbatim locality | Melbourne. |
Field notes | Multistemmed (no evidence of coppicing, no old stump), ca. 5 metres high x 5 metres across. Trunk ca. 6-8 cm across at breast height, bark grey, more or less smooth, except for scattered, small ? lenticel-like structures. Branches somewhat drooping. Smaller branchlets slightly compressed, with a midline keel on one side, green, slightly subglacous, glossy. Leaves alternate on orthotropic branches, and opposite on plagiotropic branches. Leaf upper surface dark green and glossy, with paler green veins. Leaf lower surface mid green and slightly glossy. Leaves with a strong scent when crushed, similar to that of Schinus teberenthifolius. Flowers bisexual. Petals yellowish white, dull. Disc intrastaminal, fleshy, slightly lobed, yellowish green, becoming pale yellow. Filaments off-white, anthers lemon-yellow. Ovary mid green. Stigma green. Flowers without apparent scent. |
Terrestrial | false |
Continent | OCEANIA Supplied as Oceania |
Marine | false |
Country Code | AU |
Verbatim SRS | 1 |
Location ID | d4cad02c-6f9e-4110-ac12-bf8bfdf3e384 |
Data quality tests
Test name | Result |
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid | Warning |
Location not supplied | Warning |
Taxon match higher rank | Warning |
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