Occurrence record: DNA D0292852

Preserved specimen of Mentha australis R.Br. | River Mint recorded on 2024-07-26
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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 D0292852
Occurrence ID DNA:DNA:DNA D0292852
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Kym Brennan
Record number 13606
Reproductive condition flower
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Establishment means native
Type PhyscialObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as Present
Occurrence remarks Slender herb / subshrub to 1.8 m, foliage slightly aromatic, flowers pink. At margin of waterhole growing within hummocks of Duma florulenta.

Event

Occurrence date 2024-07-26
End day of year 208
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 208

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mentha australis
Supplied scientific name "Mentha australis R.Br."
Identified to rank species
Common name River Mint
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Lamiales
Family Lamiaceae
Genus Mentha
Species Mentha australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Br.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "The Northern Territory"
Locality Brunette Downs Station, at "ski club" adjacent homestead complex
Latitude -18.64064
Supplied as: "-18.64064"
Longitude 135.94467
Supplied as: "135.94467"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Brunette Downs Station, at "ski club" adjacent homestead complex
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10.0
Georeference protocol GPS
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Barkly Tableland
    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 Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Regions Mitchell Grass Downs
    IBRA 7 Subregions Barkly Tableland
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 VICTORIA RIVER-WISO
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Barkly
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Barkly Tablelands - Outstations
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tennant Creek
    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 Barkly (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tableland
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BARKLY REGION
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Brunette Downs Pastoral Lease
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 321
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 506
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BARKLY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BARKLY TABLELANDS - OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TENNANT CREEK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKLY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barkly
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Barkly
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NT
    Local Government Areas 2023 Barkly
    Postal Areas 2021 0862
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Northern Territory
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Barkly
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Barkly
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Northern Territory - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Barkly
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2459.0 frequency
    Species Richness 377.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 466.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 259.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 318.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 16.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.54
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 489.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 16.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 16.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 104.410385 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 226.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 121.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 307.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 27.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 10.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 19.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 14.566667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.766666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.77778 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 462.449
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 38.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 30.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 30.0 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.14
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.38
    Elevation 213.0 m