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Occurrence record: MEL 2573033A

Preserved specimen of Melichrus urceolatus R.Br. | Honey Gorse recorded on 2020-08-19
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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 2573033A
Occurrence ID f2c708bb-d218-4f99-8a7a-e8ef94be7fcb
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Hosking, J.R.
Record number 4139
Reproductive condition fruit
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
Institution ID https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Shrub to 60 cm high. Stems brown with white hairs on newest growth, glabrous and grey on lower stems. Leaves dark green above, paler below, white short hairs on margin. Flowers white with white hairy sepals and corolla. Fruit greenish white to reddish green.
recorded by ID http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21516084
Collection https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Occurrence remarks Locally common (>20 clumps here, scattered elsewhere in the Conservation Area).
Identification ID 834c4283-53f7-404d-a917-8213c41b9d46

Event

Event ID fa556b9f-379c-4600-87ee-a2f900192966
Occurrence date 2020-08-19
Supplied as year:2020  month:8  day:19 
End day of year 232
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 232

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Embryophyta | Tracheophyta | Spermatophytina | "Angiospermae" | Magnoliopsida | Ericales | Ericaceae | Melichrus
Scientific name Melichrus urceolatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Honey Gorse
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Ericales
Family Ericaceae
Genus Melichrus
Species Melichrus urceolatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Br.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality North Western Slopes: Wondoba State Conservation Area, S of Milroy Road.
Habitat
Supplied as "3-10 degree slope. S aspect. Dark brown sand over sandstone. Callitris glaucophylla, Eucalyptus crebra open forest with scattered shrubs and lots of herbs, grasses and a fern, growing with Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi, Pomax umbellata (J.R.Hosking 4141), Cyanicula caerulea, Lepidosperma laterale s.lat. (J.R.Hosking 4136), Crassula sieberiana, Aristida, Caladenia fuscata, Wahlenbergia (small flowered), Pterostylis mutica, Stypandra glauca, Gonocarpus elatus, Hypochaeris, Calandrinia eremaea."
Latitude -31.091667
Supplied as: "-31.0916666670"
Longitude 150.141111
Supplied as: "150.1411111110"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim locality North Western Slopes: Wondoba State Conservation Area, S of Milroy Road.
Min elevation 474.0
Max elevation 474.0
Field notes Shrub to 60 cm high. Stems brown with white hairs on newest growth, glabrous and grey on lower stems. Leaves dark green above, paler below, white short hairs on margin. Flowers white with white hairy sepals and corolla. Fruit greenish white to reddish green.
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31 5 30 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150 8 28 E
Verbatim SRS epsg:4326
Location ID b3dbfa65-c8b2-4185-882c-6e83d2491856

Additional properties

material entity id f2c708bb-d218-4f99-8a7a-e8ef94be7fcb

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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 09ff111c-cb37-4fe9-a904-193258575d43
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Melichrus urceolatus
    Coordinates -31.091667,150.141111
    Related records
    Record UUID b1827670-e59a-4f1f-aa41-f550752cee19
    Data Resource NCW Beadle Herbarium AVH Data
    Raw Scientific Name Melichrus urceolatus R.Br.
    Coordinates -31.091667,150.141111
    Record UUID bc63f75b-d781-4073-a7e9-5cbc402ea9d8
    Data Resource NSW AVH feed
    Raw Scientific Name Melichrus urceolatus R.Br.
    Coordinates -31.09167,150.14111
    Record UUID 7d481f07-6bd5-4d70-9750-81fa27fdeb4f
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Melichrus urceolatus
    Coordinates -31.091667,150.141111

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Wondoba
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Wondoba
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Wondoba
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Liverpool Plains
    NRM Regions 2010 Namoi
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NSW
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Subregions Liverpool Plains
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Gunnedah
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Gunnedah - Surrounds
    Indigenous Regions 2021 North-Eastern NSW
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 New South Wales
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Parkes
    Electorates March 2025 Parkes
    Local Government Areas 2011 Gunnedah (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gunnedah
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GUNNEDAH SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North West
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1568
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GUNNEDAH REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TAMWORTH - GUNNEDAH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEW ENGLAND AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) PARKES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GUNNEDAH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GUNNEDAH - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NORTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) TAMWORTH
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Tamworth
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Gunnedah Surrounds
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of NSW
    Local Government Areas 2023 Gunnedah
    Postal Areas 2021 2380
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 New South Wales
    Statistical Areas Level 1 11004120009
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Gunnedah Surrounds
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Tamworth - Gunnedah
    Statistical Areas Level 4 New England and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 New England North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Callitris
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3402.0 frequency
    Species Richness 629.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 728.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 246.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 253.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.89
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 700.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 38.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 33.886147 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 250.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 108.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 252.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 26.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.786163 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 544.58215
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 30.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 23.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 22.316666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.45
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.72
    Elevation 509.0 m