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Occurrence record: MEL 2570287A

Preserved specimen of Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. | Red Ash

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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 2570287A
Occurrence ID	b8f38b75-7246-46f8-b1a7-fb978516677c
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Collector	Kellermann, J.
Record number	103
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
Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Degree of establishment	cultivated
Establishment means	introduced
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Field notes	With young fruit. White indumentum on lower leaf surface.
recorded by ID	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5686635
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Occurrence remarks	Voucher for DNA extraction. Published in ASBS Newsletter 110: 2-4 (2002), International Journal of Plant Sciences 172: 1137-1164 (2011).
Identification ID	c1973fa9-49f4-44be-a7d6-f185b0321e61

Event

Event ID	ba3aa3f5-3864-4eec-90e1-3c276ab56f48
Date precision	NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Streptophyta \| Embryophyta \| Tracheophyta \| Spermatophytina \| "Angiospermae" \| Magnoliopsida \| Rosales \| Rhamnaceae \| Alphitonia
Scientific name	Alphitonia excelsa
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Red Ash
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Equisetopsida Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order	Rosales
Family	Rhamnaceae
Genus	Alphitonia
Species	Alphitonia excelsa
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. Supplied as (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Reissek ex Benth.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Victoria
Locality	Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. EB11 Subtropical rainforest.
Latitude	-37.831667 Supplied as: "-37.8316666667"
Longitude	144.977778 Supplied as: "144.9777777778"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality	Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne. EB11 Subtropical rainforest.
Field notes	With young fruit. White indumentum on lower leaf surface.
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	1000.0
Georeference protocol	Google Earth
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	37° 49' 54" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	144° 58' 40" E
Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
Location ID	1b25877c-8a67-47e5-a43d-6545d38fc7d7

Additional properties

material entity id	b8f38b75-7246-46f8-b1a7-fb978516677c

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Coordinate rounded	Warning
Taxon misapplied matched	Warning
Show/Hide 84 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	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
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	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 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
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 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 5 missing properties
Missing collection date	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 32 tests that have not been run
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the month	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
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)
Recorded date mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date unlikely	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)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	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)	South East Coastal Plain
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Gippsland Plain
NRM Regions 2010	Port Phillip and Western Port
NRM Regions 2017	Port Phillip and Western Port
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	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	Gippsland Plain
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	South East Coast (Victoria)
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South East Coast (Victoria)
Drainage Divisions Level 2	YARRA RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Melbourne - Port Phillip
Indigenous Locations 2021	Melbourne - Central
Indigenous Regions 2021	Melbourne
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Victoria
Marine
States including coastal waters	Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Victoria
Australian States and Territories	Victoria
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Macnamara
Electorates March 2025	Melbourne
Local Government Areas 2011	Melbourne (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Port Phillip - West
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	MELBOURNE CITY
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	28
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1246
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	GREATER MELBOURNE
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	SOUTHBANK
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	MELBOURNE CITY
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	MELBOURNE - INNER
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	MACNAMARA
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	MELBOURNE - PORT PHILLIP
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	MELBOURNE - CENTRAL
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	MELBOURNE
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Major Cities of Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	PRAHRAN
PSMA States (2016)	VICTORIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Prahran (Southern Metropolitan)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Greater Melbourne
Local Government Areas 2023	Melbourne
Postal Areas 2021	3004
Remoteness Areas 2021	Major Cities of Australia
States and Territories 2021	Victoria
Statistical Areas Level 1	20604150701
Statistical Areas Level 2	Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Statistical Areas Level 3	Melbourne City
Statistical Areas Level 4	Melbourne - Inner
Tourism Regions 2021	Melbourne
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	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt woodlands
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	278005.0 frequency
Species Richness	7130.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	642.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	157.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	9.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	130.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	136.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	189.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	15.4 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	44.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	22.8 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	14.7 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	21.5 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	5.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	10.2 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	10.5 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	19.3 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.49 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.28
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	26.7 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	19.5 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	14.8 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	654.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	150.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	43.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	142.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	13.581593 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	142.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	67.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	191.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	15.066667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	19.900002 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	6.2 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	10.4 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	9.183333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	19.716667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	46.1474 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	378.02917
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	26.1 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	19.716667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	16.416666 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	48.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.59
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.9
Elevation	17.0 m

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium