Occurrence record: MEL 2068751A

Preserved specimen of Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill. | Indian Fig recorded on 1994-01-02
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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 2068751A
Occurrence ID d53a0e3c-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit
Identified by Stajsic, V.  
Identified date 1994-01
Collector Carr, G.W.  
Supplied as "Carr, G.W."
Record number s.n.
Reproductive condition flowers
Associated Occurrence Status Asserted duplicates
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Establishment means introduced
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Large shrub to 3 m high. Cladodes large obovate, > 30 cm long, greyish green in colour. Petaloids yellow, outer petaloids pinkish/flesh coloured. Stigmatic lobes green, style whitish cream.
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Occurrence remarks Several large plants naturalised, from a garden source.
Date identified 1994-01
Identification ID deff89cd-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 1e9a7ae3-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1994-01-02
Supplied as year:1994  month:1  day:2 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 2

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Caryophyllanae | Caryophyllales | Cactaceae | Opuntia
Scientific name Opuntia ficus-indica
Identified to rank species
Common name Indian Fig
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae
Genus Opuntia
Species Opuntia ficus-indica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (L.) Mill.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Werribee, on the E banks of Werribee River, c. 1.5 km downstream from the Werribee Road bridge crossing of the river.
Habitat
Supplied as "Growing in red loam on the banks of the river."
Latitude -37.9
Supplied as: "-37.9000000000"
Longitude 144.65
Supplied as: "144.6500000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Werribee, on the E banks of Werribee River, c. 1.5 km downstream from the Werribee Road bridge crossing of the river.
Field notes Large shrub to 3 m high. Cladodes large obovate, > 30 cm long, greyish green in colour. Petaloids yellow, outer petaloids pinkish/flesh coloured. Stigmatic lobes green, style whitish cream.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by Klazenga, N.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 54' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 39' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 929a396e-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 58eba5b9-7626-40b3-9e8e-505952c5cb03
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia ficus-indica
    Coordinates -37.9,144.65
    Related records
    Record UUID 6f4d5cdc-0001-47b9-8364-db9e1aad66df
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Opuntia ficus-indica
    Coordinates -37.9,144.65

    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 South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Otway Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WERRIBEE 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 Wyndham (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WYNDHAM CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2218
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WERRIBEE - WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WYNDHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LALOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WYNDHAM - ALTONA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WERRIBEE - WHYNDAM VALE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN METROPOLITAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 501.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 105.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 154.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.28
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.929167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.73
    Elevation 26.0 m