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Occurrence record: CANB 317866.1

Preserved specimen of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. | Common Ice-plant recorded on 1971-01-04
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
Institution code Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
Supplied institution code "CANB"
Collection Australian National Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CANB"
Catalog number CANB 317866.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Lally, T.R.  
Collector Wace, N.M.
Record number 6
Reproductive condition fruit|leaf
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 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Very frequent throughout the island in more-or-less open sandy areas, especially around mutton-bird burrows.
Date identified 2004-04-29

Event

Occurrence date 1971-01-04
End day of year 4
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 4

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Supplied scientific name "Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L."
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Ice-plant
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Caryophyllales
Family Aizoaceae
Genus Mesembryanthemum
Species Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Far West Coast. Nuyts Archipelago. St Francis Island, which in ca 60 km SW of Ceduna.
Supplied as: "Far West Coast. Nuyts Archipelago. St Francis Island, which in ca 60 km SW of Ceduna."
Habitat
Supplied as "Beside the track to the lighthouse, on the sand betwen Atriplex bushes."
Latitude -32.516667
Supplied as: "-32.516666667"
Longitude 133.291667
Supplied as: "133.291666667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
County Eyre Peninsula
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32 31 0 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 133 17 30 E

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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 a42a6736-1f25-4bc7-ac21-d7498f96753b
    Data Resource AD AVH Data
    Raw Scientific Name Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
    Coordinates -32.5109755,133.2925083
    Related records
    Record UUID 943aa31c-48ee-4f67-9cdf-c3fbc934de4d
    Data Resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
    Coordinates -32.516667,133.291667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2022 - Marine (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Nuyts Archipelago
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Nuyts Archipelago
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Eyre Mallee
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Eyre Mallee
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Ceduna
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Tjutjunaku Worka Tjuta - Outer Homelands
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Port Lincoln - Ceduna
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Grey
    Electorates March 2025 Grey
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. West Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 94
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 741
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST (SA)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TJUTJUNAKU WORKA TJUTA - OUTER HOMELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Flinders
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 West Coast (SA)
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Unincorporated SA
    Postal Areas 2021 5690
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 West Coast (SA)
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Eyre Peninsula and South West
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Eyre Peninsula
    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 Chenopod Shrublands, Samphire Shrublands and Forblands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Saltbush and/or Bluebush shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4434.0 frequency
    Species Richness 846.0 frequency
    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 295.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 113.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 12.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 39.316772 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 39.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 113.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.2125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.691667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.683332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.67677 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 293.47543
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.683332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 12.483334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Elevation 11.0 m