Occurrence record: MEL 2034437A

Preserved specimen of Niemeyera whitei (Aubrév.) Jessup | Plum Boxwood recorded on 1996-08-17
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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 2034437A
Occurrence ID bef2748e-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Tonkin, J.E.  
Supplied as "Tonkin, J.E."
Record number 214
Reproductive condition flowers
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 Tree 10 x 7 m, trunk base c. 30 cm across, bark rough and light grey-brown. Leaves up to 15-20 cm long, upper surface green, appear hairless but are slightly rough, underside rough with stiff short brown hairs. New stem growth with stiff russet hairs. Flowers appear sessile, in culsters at ?nodal points, yellowish in bud, opening white with stamens much longer than style.
Occurrence remarks Origin: New South Wales, Queensland. Common name: Rusty Plum, Plum Boxwood. Voucher for phytochemical survey.
Identification ID d07405c1-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 1168bd0e-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1996-08-17
Supplied as year:1996  month:8  day:17 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 230

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Asteranae | Ericales | Sapotaceae | Amorphospermum
Scientific name Niemeyera whitei
Supplied scientific name "Amorphospermum whitei"
Identified to rank species
Common name Plum Boxwood
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Ericales
Family Sapotaceae
Genus Niemeyera
Supplied as "Amorphospermum"
Species Niemeyera whitei
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Aubrév.) Jessup
Supplied as Aubrev.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Melbourne, suburb of South Yarra, Royal Botanic Gardens, cb07, Australian Border, in proposed Victorian Cool Temperate Rainforest section, adjacent to path and opposite Baloghia lucida.
Latitude -37.8167
Supplied as: "-37.8167000000"
Longitude 144.9667
Supplied as: "144.9667000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Melbourne, suburb of South Yarra, Royal Botanic Gardens, cb07, Australian Border, in proposed Victorian Cool Temperate Rainforest section, adjacent to path and opposite Baloghia lucida.
Field notes Tree 10 x 7 m, trunk base c. 30 cm across, bark rough and light grey-brown. Leaves up to 15-20 cm long, upper surface green, appear hairless but are slightly rough, underside rough with stiff short brown hairs. New stem growth with stiff russet hairs. Flowers appear sessile, in culsters at ?nodal points, yellowish in bud, opening white with stamens much longer than style.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Klazenga, N.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 49' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 144° 58' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 8c9b8739-1abc-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 South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA 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 Melbourne (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Melbourne - Inner
    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) MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE CITY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - INNER
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MELBOURNE
    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) NORTHERN 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 Casuarina forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 625.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 152.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 133.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 185.0 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) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.29
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.116667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.58
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.88
    Elevation 24.0 m