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Occurrence record: CNS 154855.1

Preserved specimen of Dendrobium discolor Lindl. | Golden Orchid recorded on 2023-08-01
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
Institution code Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied institution code "CNS"
Collection Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CNS"
Catalog number CNS 154855.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Kunze, K.
Record number 23
Reproductive condition flowers|leaf
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Data generalizations Record is Special Least Concern in Queensland. Generalised to 2km by Qld DEHP.
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Orchid flowers orange. These specimens were treated with ethanol for preservation purposes. Orchid

Event

Occurrence date 2023-08-01
End day of year 213
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 213

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dendrobium discolor
Supplied scientific name "Dendrobium discolor Lindl."
Identified to rank species
Common name Golden Orchid
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Asparagales
Family Orchidaceae
Genus Dendrobium
Species Dendrobium discolor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lindl.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Habitat
Supplied as "Beach vegetation on edge of vine thicket with Eucalyptus tereticornis x platyphylla."
Latitude -21.4
Supplied as: "-21.4"
Longitude 149.7
Supplied as: "149.7"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 10
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Special Least Concern in Queensland. Generalised to 2km by Qld DEHP.".
County Kennedy South
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    First of the month Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Shoalwater Coast
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Northeast Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shoalwater Coast
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Electorates March 2025 Capricornia
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACKAY REGIONAL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MIRANI

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 9.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4.0 frequency