Occurrence record: MEL 0238424A

Preserved specimen of Richea continentis B.L.Burtt | Candle Heath recorded on 1975-02-03
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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 0238424A
Occurrence ID 1dbf776e-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Carr, G.W.  
Collector Carr, G.W.  
Supplied as "Carr, G.W."
Record number 5764
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes <0.75 m; corolla cream.
Occurrence remarks Frequent component of alpine bogs. Ex Herbarium of G.W. Carr and A.C. Beauglehole.
Identification ID 0bfacfed-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 4c1cd5d4-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1975-02-03
Supplied as year:1975  month:2  day:3 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 34

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Asteranae | Ericales | Ericaceae | Richea
Scientific name Richea continentis
Identified to rank species
Common name Candle Heath
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Ericales
Family Ericaceae
Genus Richea
Species Richea continentis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship B.L.Burtt
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Bogong High Plains.
Habitat
Supplied as "Alpine bogs."
Latitude -36.8667
Supplied as: "-36.8667000000"
Longitude 147.2667
Supplied as: "147.2667000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Bogong High Plains.
Field notes <0.75 m; corolla cream.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36° 52' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147° 16' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID a671da76-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 North East
    NRM Regions 2017 North East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North East
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Alps
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING 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 Unincorporated Vic
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Falls Creek Alpine Resort
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 FALLS CREEK ALPINE RESORT (UNINCORPORATED)
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 22
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1760
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRIGHT - MOUNT BEAUTY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WODONGA - ALPINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUME
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) INDI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WODONGA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ALPINE - TOWONG - INDIGO
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN VICTORIA
    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 Heathlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Heathlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2168.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 767.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 303.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 314.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 69.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 775.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -3.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) -0.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.33 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.78
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) -0.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 5.925 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 41.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.98
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1627.0 m