Occurrence record: DNA A0085418

Preserved specimen of Cucumis melo L. | Bush Cucumber recorded on 1989-01-16
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
Institution code Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Supplied institution code "DNA"
Collection Northern Territory Herbarium (Darwin)
Supplied collection code "DNA"
Catalog number DNA A0085418
Occurrence ID DNA:DNA:DNA A0085418
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Thomson, G. Bruce  
Supplied as "Bruce G. Thomson"
Record number 2771
Reproductive condition fertile
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhyscialObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as Present
Occurrence remarks growing on limestone creek bed - bare rock with small soil pockets. overstorey of strychnos, diospyros humilus.

Event

Occurrence date 1989-01-16
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cucumis melo
Supplied scientific name "Cucumis melo L."
Identified to rank species
Common name Bush Cucumber
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Cucumis
Species Cucumis melo
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Supplied as: "The Northern Territory"
Locality elsey creek
Latitude -14.9472181
Supplied as: "-14.9485823753902"
Longitude 133.2688323
Supplied as: "133.267872677304"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Verbatim locality elsey creek
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by Bruce G. Thomson
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Regions Gulf Fall and Uplands
    IBRA 7 Subregions McArthur
    Fire
    National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324 National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ROPER RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roper Gulf (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Elsey
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ROPER GULF REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 1514
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1635
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ELSEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ELSEY - ROPER
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ELSEY ROPER - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARNHEM
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tropical Eucalypt Woodlands/Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical Eucalyptus forest and woodlands with a tall annual grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 922.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 310.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 647.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 11.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.56 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.12
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.075 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.39
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 106.0 m