Occurrence record: MEL 2512028A

Preserved specimen of Momordica balsamina L. | Balsam Apple recorded on 1836-02-12
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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 2512028A
Occurrence ID 5e4d67bb-61a8-4e28-a927-07aa2ea1fbae
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Schimper, W.  
Supplied as "Schimper, W."
Record number s.n.
Reproductive condition flowers
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
Occurrence remarks Unio itiner. 1837.
Identification remarks 850. Momordica balsamina. L.
Identification ID cf91e5a2-d5e6-4408-b9cb-72ddba2ecb60

Event

Event ID eba9ad35-5932-4b14-979e-16dded8d5cfe
Identification remarks 850. Momordica balsamina. L.
Occurrence date 1836-02-12
Supplied as year:1836  month:2  day:12 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 43

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Cucurbitales | Cucurbitaceae | Momordica
Scientific name Momordica balsamina
Identified to rank species
Common name Balsam Apple
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Momordica
Species Momordica balsamina
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Asia | Saudi Arabia
Country Saudi Arabia
State or Territory Makkah
Locality In palmetis vallis Fatme prope Unsert.
Latitude 21.433333
Supplied as: "21.4333333330"
Longitude 39.833333
Supplied as: "39.8333333330"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim locality In palmetis vallis Fatme prope Unsert.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 25000.0
Georeference protocol GeoNames
Georeferenced by Pacitti, E.A.
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2021-10-12T00:00
Supplied as 2021-10-12 00:00:00
Georeference remarks Other records in the database from this locality collected by Schimper show the Fatima Valley is located near Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Verbatim latitude 21° 26' N
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Asia
Marine false
Country Code SA
Verbatim longitude 39° 50' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 5687ba4e-96fe-4a40-a934-cf247ac13359

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Saudi Arabia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 30.083334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %