Occurrence record: BRI AQ1058004

Preserved specimen of Melastoma affine D.Don | Blue Tongue recorded on 2025-05-12

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Dataset

Data partner	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource	BRI AVH Data and Images
Institution code	Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation Supplied institution code "BRI"
Collection	Queensland Herbarium Supplied collection code "Herbrecs"
Catalog number	BRI AQ1058004
Occurrence ID	urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:1058004
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Collector	Bouet, A.
Record number	KB033
Reproductive condition	Flowers and fruit
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks	1m tall shrub. Leaves clothed in hairs; 2 major longitudinal veins. Flowers purple; fruits fleshy and red.
Date identified	2025-06-01

Event

Occurrence date	2025-05-12
End day of year	132
Event remarks	Uncommon.
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	132

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Streptophyta \| Equisetopsida \| Magnoliidae \| Rosanae \| Myrtales \| Melastomataceae \| Melastoma \| malabathricum
Scientific name	Melastoma affine Supplied scientific name "Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum"
Identified to rank	species Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name	Blue Tongue
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class	Equisetopsida
Order	Myrtales
Family	Melastomataceae
Genus	Melastoma
Species	Melastoma affine
Name match metric	exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet	malabathricum
Scientific name authorship	D.Don Supplied as L.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Queensland
Locality	Kurrimine Beach, 200m E from Stephenson Road.
Habitat	Acacia crassicarpa and Corymbia tessellaris forest with understorey of rainforest spp.
Latitude	-17.730161 Supplied as: "-17.7301611110"
Longitude	146.079408 Supplied as: "146.0794083330"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	50.0
Georeference protocol	GPS
County	Cook
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification	Det.

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Coordinate rounded	Warning
Show/Hide 97 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing georeference protocol	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 4 missing properties
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 22 tests that have not been run
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Occurrence record: BRI AQ1058004

Dataset

Event

Taxonomy

Geospatial

Additional properties

User flagged issues

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Classification	Scientific name	Melastoma malabathricum subsp. malabathricum	Melastoma affine
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795631
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51778247
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7512892
	Order	Myrtales	Myrtales
	Infraspecific epithet	malabathricum
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7512892
	Genus	Melastoma	Melastoma
	Left		531572
	Higher classification	Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Streptophyta \| Equisetopsida \| Magnoliidae \| Rosanae \| Myrtales \| Melastomataceae \| Melastoma \| malabathricum
	Scientific name authorship	L.	D.Don
	Taxon rank	Subspecies	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51439399
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Blue Tongue
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51788531
	Right		531572
	Kingdom	Plantae	Plantae
	Specific epithet	malabathricum
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795630
	Phylum	Streptophyta	Charophyta
	Class	Equisetopsida	Equisetopsida
	Species		Melastoma affine
	Family	Melastomataceae	Melastomataceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795632
Event	Year		2025
	End day of year		132
	Event remarks	Uncommon.
	Month		5
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		132
	Day		12
	Event date	2025-05-12	2025-05-12
Identification	Date identified	2025-06-01	2025-06-01
Occurrence	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	BRI AQ1058004
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2025-10-29 23:00:02	2025-10-29T23:00:02
	Reproductive condition	Flowers and fruit
	Record number	KB033
	Collection code	Herbrecs
	Occurrence ID	urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:1058004
	Preparations	Sheet
	Institution code	BRI
	Recorded by	Bouet, A.
	Occurrence remarks	1m tall shrub. Leaves clothed in hairs; 2 major longitudinal veins. Flowers purple; fruits fleshy and red.
Attribution	Data resource		BRI AVH Data and Images
	Collection		Queensland Herbarium
	License		CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Data Resource ID	dr2287	dr2287
	Institution ID		in42
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Queensland Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation
	Data hub uid	[dh2, dh9]
	Collection ID		co49
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	Acacia crassicarpa and Corymbia tessellaris forest with understorey of rainforest spp.
	County	Cook
	Decimal latitude	-17.7301611110	-17.730161
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Kurrimine Beach, 200m E from Stephenson Road.	Kurrimine Beach, 200m E from Stephenson Road.
	Decimal longitude	146.0794083330	146.079408
	State province	Queensland	Queensland
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	50	50.0
	Lga	Cassowary Coast (R)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	AU	AU
	Georeference protocol	GPS
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326