Occurrence record: DNA D0294874

Preserved specimen of Melastoma affine D.Don | Blue Tongue recorded on 2025-04-06

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Dataset

Data partner	Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource	Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
Institution code	Department of Environment and Natural Resources Supplied institution code "DNA"
Collection	Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin) Supplied collection code "DNA"
Catalog number	DNA D0294874
Occurrence ID	DNA:DNA:DNA D0294874
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	sheet
Identified by	Cuff, N.
Collector	N.J. Cuff \| Aiden, T. Webb
Record number	1570
Identification qualifier	det.
Reproductive condition	flower
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Establishment means	native
Type	PhyscialObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as Present
Occurrence remarks	Shrub to 1 m; flowers dark pink with yellow centre. Open-woodland of Melaleuca with dense wet sedgeland/grassland on saturated seepage plain.
Date identified	2025-05-13

Event

Parent Event ID	Jawoyn Bush Blitz - Bush Blitz 2025 Jawoyn Country Katherine
Occurrence date	2025-04-06
End day of year	96
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	96

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Melastoma affine Supplied scientific name "Melastoma malabathricum L. subsp. malabathricum"
Identified to rank	species Supplied as "subsp."
Common name	Blue Tongue
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
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

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Northern Territory Supplied as: "The Northern Territory"
Locality	Manyallaluk Aboriginal Land Trust; c. 80 km ENE of Nitmiluk Ranger Station on Waterhouse track.
Latitude	-14.114761 Supplied as: "-14.114761"
Longitude	133.126877 Supplied as: "133.126877"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Verbatim locality	Manyallaluk Aboriginal Land Trust; c. 80 km ENE of Nitmiluk Ranger Station on Waterhouse track.
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	5.0
Georeference protocol	GPS
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

Additional properties

parent id	Jawoyn Bush Blitz - Bush Blitz 2025 Jawoyn Country Katherine

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Warning
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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 rounded	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 georeferenced by	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
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 3 missing properties
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)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Arnhem Plateau
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Mainoru
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Territory
NRM Regions 2017	Northern Territory
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Northern Territory
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Northern Territory
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Arnhem Plateau
IBRA 7 Regions	Arnhem Plateau
IBRA 7 Subregions	Mainoru
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Carpentaria Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	ROPER RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Elsey - Roper
Indigenous Locations 2021	Elsey Roper - Surrounds
Indigenous Regions 2021	Katherine
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Northern Northern Territory
Marine
States including coastal waters	Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Lingiari
Electorates March 2025	Lingiari
Local Government Areas 2011	Roper Gulf (S)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Nyirranggulung Mardrulk Ngadberre
Local Government Areas 2023	Roper Gulf
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	ROPER GULF REGION
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	1514
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1635
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NT
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	ELSEY
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	KATHERINE
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LINGIARI
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	ELSEY - ROPER
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	ELSEY ROPER - SURROUNDS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	KATHERINE
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Very Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	ARNHEM
PSMA States (2016)	NORTHERN TERRITORY
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Arnhem
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Elsey
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NT
Postal Areas 2021	0852
Remoteness Areas 2021	Very Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	Northern Territory
Statistical Areas Level 2	Elsey
Statistical Areas Level 3	Katherine
Statistical Areas Level 4	Northern Territory - Outback
Tourism Regions 2021	Katherine Daly
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	Melaleuca
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Melaleuca Forests and Woodlands
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Melaleuca open forests and woodlands
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
Vegetation types - present	Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	70.0 frequency
Species Richness	48.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	1096.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	6.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	0.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	5.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	115.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	377.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	69.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	744.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	21.5 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	11.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	23.8 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	26.5 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	23.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	13.8 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	22.2 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	13.0 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	22.3 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.56 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.98
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	37.0 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	29.7 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	28.4 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	1083.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	8.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	0.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	7.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	114.67941 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	320.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	275.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	709.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	26.558334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	21.900002 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	14.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	22.333334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	12.866667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	22.916666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	58.7519 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	290.24936
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	36.4 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	29.55 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	28.15 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	58.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.45
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	332.0 m

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Occurrence record: DNA D0294874

Dataset

Event

Taxonomy

Geospatial

Additional properties

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Environmental sampling for this location

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Classification	Scientific name	Melastoma malabathricum L. 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
	Infraspecific epithet	malabathricum
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/7512892
	Genus	Melastoma	Melastoma
	Left		531572
	Scientific name authorship	L.	D.Don
	Taxon rank	subsp.	species
	Genus id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51439399
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Blue Tongue
	Order id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51788531
	Right		531572
	Kingdom		Plantae
	Specific epithet	malabathricum
	Class id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795630
	Phylum		Charophyta
	Class		Equisetopsida
	Species		Melastoma affine
	Family	MELASTOMATACEAE	Melastomataceae
	Kingdom id		https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51795632
Event	Year		2025
	End day of year		96
	Month		4
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		96
	Parent event ID	Jawoyn Bush Blitz - Bush Blitz 2025 Jawoyn Country Katherine
	Day		6
	Event date	2025-04-06	2025-04-06
Identification	Date identified	2025-05-13	2025-05-13
	Identification qualifier	det.
	Identified by	[Cuff, N.]
Occurrence	Establishment means	native	native
	Type		PhyscialObject
	Catalog number	DNA D0294874
	Occurrence status	Present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2025-05-13	2025-05-13
	Reproductive condition	flower
	Record number	1570
	Collection code	DNA
	Occurrence ID	DNA:DNA:DNA D0294874
	Preparations	sheet
	Institution code	DNA
	Recorded by	N.J. Cuff \| Aiden, T. Webb
	Occurrence remarks	Shrub to 1 m; flowers dark pink with yellow centre. Open-woodland of Melaleuca with dense wet sedgeland/grassland on saturated seepage plain.
Attribution	Data resource		Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
	Collection		Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin)
	License		CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp36
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr15866	dr15866
	Institution ID		in87
	Data partner		Australia's Virtual Herbarium
	Institution		Department of Environment and Natural Resources
	Data hub uid	[dh9]
	Collection ID		co25
Location	Country	AUSTRALIA	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-14.114761	-14.114761
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Manyallaluk Aboriginal Land Trust; c. 80 km ENE of Nitmiluk Ranger Station on Waterhouse track.	Manyallaluk Aboriginal Land Trust; c. 80 km ENE of Nitmiluk Ranger Station on Waterhouse track.
	Decimal longitude	133.126877	133.126877
	State province	The Northern Territory	Northern Territory
	Verbatim locality	Manyallaluk Aboriginal Land Trust; c. 80 km ENE of Nitmiluk Ranger Station on Waterhouse track.
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	5	5.0
	Lga	Roper Gulf (S)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code	AU	AU
	Georeference protocol	GPS
	Geodetic datum	GDA94	EPSG:4326