Occurrence record: BRI AQ0539904

Preserved specimen of Dioscorea alata L. | Purple Yam recorded on 1997-04-30
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource BRI AVH Data and Images
Institution code Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Supplied institution code "BRI"
Collection Queensland Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbrecs"
Catalog number BRI AQ0539904
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:0539904
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number BMW4350
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Vine with winged stems, twining up tree trunks in partially-shaded situations.
Date identified 1998-09-01

Event

Occurrence date 1997-04-30
Event remarks A granitic, continental island. Occasional. Probably a remnant of former habitation.
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Dioscoreales | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea
Scientific name Dioscorea alata
Identified to rank species
Common name Purple Yam
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Dioscoreales
Family Dioscoreaceae
Genus Dioscorea
Species Dioscorea alata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia, Queensland, Cook
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Nagir Island.
Latitude -10.25
Supplied as: "-10.2500000000"
Longitude 142.48
Supplied as: "142.4800000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Georeference protocol GPS
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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