Occurrence record: MEL 2020958A

Preserved specimen of Opuntia aurantiaca Lindl. | Tiger Pear recorded on 1993-08-29

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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 2020958A
Occurrence ID	bb07bb5e-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Identified by	Stajsic, V.
Collector	1. Stajsic, V. 2. Spence, S. Supplied as "Stajsic, V. \| Spence, S."
Record number	855
Reproductive condition	fruit
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	Semi-erect perennial shrub, divaricately branched, to 60 cm high. Cladodes very succulent, green with reddish purple patches. Cladodes to 30 cm long. The plants produce a great deal of fruit, which is reddish purple. Fruit does not seem to produce viable seeds.
Occurrence remarks	This species forms impenetrable thickets and there are thousands of plants scattered along the river. It propagates very readily from detached cladodes and fruit. species.
Date identified	1993-09-01
Identification ID	cba00e5e-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID	0c616dd2-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date	1993-08-29 Supplied as year:1993 month:8 day:29
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	241

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Tracheophyta \| Magnoliopsida \| Caryophyllanae \| Caryophyllales \| Cactaceae \| Opuntia
Scientific name	Opuntia aurantiaca
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Tiger Pear
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class	Equisetopsida Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae
Genus	Opuntia
Species	Opuntia aurantiaca
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Lindl.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography	Oceania \| Australia
Country	Australia
State or Territory	Victoria
Locality	Little River (S side), 80-90 m upstream or W from its confluence with Balliang Creek, c. 900-1000 m N from Little River-Ripley Road and 2 km N from Mount Rothwell Estate.
Habitat	Supplied as "Primarily infesting the basalt escarpments above the river, but a few plants growing at edge of river. Ass. spp. include Hymenanthera dentata, Bursaria spinosa var. microphylla, Acacia mearnsii, Clematis microphylla, Einadia nutans, Bothriochloa macra, Rumex brownii, Stellaria pungens, and several other native and introduced species."
Latitude	-37.8756 Supplied as: "-37.8756000000"
Longitude	144.4536 Supplied as: "144.4536000000"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system	degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality	Little River (S side), 80-90 m upstream or W from its confluence with Balliang Creek, c. 900-1000 m N from Little River-Ripley Road and 2 km N from Mount Rothwell Estate.
Min elevation	80.0
Max elevation	80.0
Field notes	Semi-erect perennial shrub, divaricately branched, to 60 cm high. Cladodes very succulent, green with reddish purple patches. Cladodes to 30 cm long. The plants produce a great deal of fruit, which is reddish purple. Fruit does not seem to produce viable seeds.
Coordinate precision	0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	50.0
Georeference protocol	GPS
Georeferenced by	Stajsic, V.
Terrestrial	true
Georeferenced date	1993-08-29T00:00 Supplied as 1993-08-29 00:00:00
Verbatim latitude	37° 52' 32" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	144° 27' 13" E
Verbatim SRS	1
Location ID	89e01cc4-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
NRM Regions 2010	Port Phillip and Western Port
NRM Regions 2017	Port Phillip and Western Port
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Port Phillip and Western Port
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Victorian Volcanic Plain
IBRA 7 Regions	Southern Volcanic Plain
IBRA 7 Subregions	Victorian Volcanic Plain
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South East Coast (Victoria)
Drainage Divisions Level 2	MOORABOOL RIVER
Marine
States including coastal waters	Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Victoria
Australian States and Territories	Victoria
Local Government Areas 2011	Greater Geelong (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Greater Geelong - Pt C
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	GREATER GEELONG CITY
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	27
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	2415
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF VIC.
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	LARA
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	GEELONG
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	GEELONG
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	CORIO
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	GEELONG - QUEENSCLIFF
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	GEELONG - QUEENSCLIFF
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Inner Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	WESTERN VICTORIA
PSMA States (2016)	VICTORIA
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Indigenous owned, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Tussock grasslands
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	478.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	109.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	6.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	99.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	19.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	108.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	13.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	152.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	15.8 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	43.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	23.3 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	14.3 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	22.4 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	4.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	9.6 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.3 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	15.2 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.5 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.3
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	26.6 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	19.1 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	14.3 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	14.579166 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	49.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.46
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.71
Elevation	81.0 m

AVH

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Occurrence record: MEL 2020958A

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Classification	Scientific name	Opuntia aurantiaca	Opuntia aurantiaca
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51744351
	Family id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51432828
	Taxon concept ID		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2904189
	Order	Caryophyllales	Caryophyllales
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2904189
	Genus	Opuntia	Opuntia
	Left		541066
	Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Tracheophyta \| Magnoliopsida \| Caryophyllanae \| Caryophyllales \| Cactaceae \| Opuntia
	Scientific name authorship	Lindl.	Lindl.
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51269889
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Tiger Pear
	Nomenclatural code	ICN
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51735669
	Right		541066
	Kingdom	Plantae	Plantae
	Specific epithet	aurantiaca
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51744350
	Phylum	Tracheophyta	Charophyta
	Class	Magnoliopsida	Equisetopsida
	Species		Opuntia aurantiaca
	Family	Cactaceae	Cactaceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51744352
Event	Event ID	0c616dd2-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
	Year	1993	1993
	Month	8	8
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year	241
	Day	29	29
	Event date	1993-08-29	1993-08-29
Identification	Date identified	1993-09-01	1993-09-01
	Identified by	[Stajsic, V.]
	Identification ID	cba00e5e-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence	Rights holder		Royal Botanic Gardens Board
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	MEL 2020958A
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Field notes	Semi-erect perennial shrub, divaricately branched, to 60 cm high. Cladodes very succulent, green with reddish purple patches. Cladodes to 30 cm long. The plants produce a great deal of fruit, which is reddish purple. Fruit does not seem to produce viable seeds.
	Modified	2004-01-21 00:00:00	2004-01-21T00:00
	Reproductive condition	fruit
	Record number	855
	Collection code	MEL
	Occurrence ID	bb07bb5e-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
	Preparations	Sheet
	Institution code	MEL
	Recorded by	Stajsic, V. \| Spence, S.	[Stajsic, V., Spence, S.]
	Occurrence remarks	This species forms impenetrable thickets and there are thousands of plants scattered along the river. It propagates very readily from detached cladodes and fruit. species.
Attribution	Data resource		National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
	Collection		National Herbarium of Victoria
	License	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr376	dr376
	Institution ID		in21
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh2, dh9]
	Collection ID		co55
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	Primarily infesting the basalt escarpments above the river, but a few plants growing at edge of river. Ass. spp. include Hymenanthera dentata, Bursaria spinosa var. microphylla, Acacia mearnsii, Clematis microphylla, Einadia nutans, Bothriochloa macra, Rumex brownii, Stellaria pungens, and several other native and introduced species.
	Decimal latitude	-37.8756000000	-37.8756
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Georeferenced date	1993-08-29 00:00:00	1993-08-29T00:00
	Higher geography	Oceania \| Australia
	Georeferenced by	Stajsic, V.
	Locality	Little River (S side), 80-90 m upstream or W from its confluence with Balliang Creek, c. 900-1000 m N from Little River-Ripley Road and 2 km N from Mount Rothwell Estate.	Little River (S side), 80-90 m upstream or W from its confluence with Balliang Creek, c. 900-1000 m N from Little River-Ripley Road and 2 km N from Mount Rothwell Estate.
	Minimum elevation in meters	80.0	80.0
	Decimal longitude	144.4536000000	144.4536
	State province	Victoria	Victoria
	Verbatim locality	Little River (S side), 80-90 m upstream or W from its confluence with Balliang Creek, c. 900-1000 m N from Little River-Ripley Road and 2 km N from Mount Rothwell Estate.
	Maximum elevation in meters	80.0	80.0
	Verbatim latitude	37° 52' 32" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	Oceania
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	50.0	50.0
	Lga	Greater Geelong (C)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	AU	AU
	Verbatim longitude	144° 27' 13" E
	Georeference protocol	GPS
	Verbatim SRS	1
	Verbatim coordinate system	degrees minutes decimal seconds
	Geodetic datum	epsg:4326	EPSG:4326
	Coordinate precision	0.0002777778	2.777778E-4
	Location ID	89e01cc4-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da