Occurrence record: MEL 0604923A

Preserved specimen of Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm. | Shellplant recorded on 1879-12-11
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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 0604923A
Occurrence ID f56b8b10-7637-4e51-8b7f-b13326d13af7
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Whistler, W.A.  
Collector Betche, E.  
Supplied as "Betche, E."
Record number 12
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
Field notes 2 M hoch. Ausen kelch kurzrohrig, weiss, an den Spitzen schwach rosa; Petalenariges staminodium verte roth gelb gezeichnet, am rande gelb. Stbgf [Staubgefass] 1 mit breitem faden, anthern den griffel rohrenfrmg [=rohrenformig] einschliessend. (2 meter high. Outer calyx short-tubular, white, red at the top; inner calyx tube white, pale pink at the tips; petal-like staminodium marked yellow red, at the edge yellow. Anther one with broad filament, anthers surrounding the style like a tube.)
Date identified 2015-11-18
Identification ID e5334de7-0933-4167-9078-a5afc259b0da

Event

Event ID 90f1ffdf-98dd-4077-96f4-4d4542f110ff
Occurrence date 1879-12-11
Supplied as year:1879  month:12  day:11 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 345

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Zingiberales | Zingiberaceae | Alpinia
Scientific name Alpinia zerumbet
Identified to rank species
Common name Shellplant
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Zingiberales
Family Zingiberaceae
Genus Alpinia
Species Alpinia zerumbet
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
Supplied as (Pers.) B.L.Burt & R.M.Sm.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania
Country Samoa
Locality Apia.
Habitat
Supplied as "In feuchten Niederungen, Graben der Cocospflanzungen haufig. (Frequent in damp lowlying areas, ditches in the coconut plantations.)"
Latitude -13.833333
Supplied as: "-13.8333333333"
Longitude -171.75
Supplied as: "-171.7500000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Apia.
Field notes 2 M hoch. Ausen kelch kurzrohrig, weiss, an den Spitzen schwach rosa; Petalenariges staminodium verte roth gelb gezeichnet, am rande gelb. Stbgf [Staubgefass] 1 mit breitem faden, anthern den griffel rohrenfrmg [=rohrenformig] einschliessend. (2 meter high. Outer calyx short-tubular, white, red at the top; inner calyx tube white, pale pink at the tips; petal-like staminodium marked yellow red, at the edge yellow. Anther one with broad filament, anthers surrounding the style like a tube.)
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeference protocol Google Earth
Georeferenced by Karunajeewa, N.G.
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2016-04-05T14:11:05
Supplied as 2016-04-05 14:11:05
Verbatim latitude 13° 50' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code WS
Verbatim longitude 171° 45' W
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 28bc9d40-4cd1-48ed-821a-f43379a1421c

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Samoa

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.483334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 83.0 %