Occurrence record: MEL 2073201A

Preserved specimen of Aristida calycina var. calycina | Dark Wire-grass recorded on 1990-09-15
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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 2073201A
Occurrence ID da25127a-6373-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Reid, J.C.  
Identified date 1998-07-30
Collector Brown, A.J.  
Supplied as "Brown, A.J."
Record number 707
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Scattered. Note: lemma 11-12mm long and median awn c.33mm long. Both are longer than in printed descriptions for A. calycina var calycina. However this is the best fit in A Key to the Grasses of N.T. by Simon and Latz.: Annot. J.C. Reid.
Date identified 1998-07-30
Identification ID e236113d-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 217b7770-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1990-09-15
Supplied as year:1990  month:9  day:15 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 258

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Poales | Poaceae | Aristida | calycina
Scientific name Aristida calycina var. calycina
Identified to rank variety
Common name Dark Wire-grass
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Poales
Family Poaceae
Genus Aristida
Species Aristida calycina
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet calycina
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Ross River. 20km W towards Alice Springs.
Habitat
Supplied as "Dry river bed."
Latitude -23.6333
Supplied as: "-23.6333000000"
Longitude 134.3333
Supplied as: "134.3333000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Ross River. 20km W towards Alice Springs.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 38' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 20' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 93dc7c27-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Additional properties

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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 MacDonnell Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions MacDonnell Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions Hartz Range
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    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 MacDonnell (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Sandover
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACDONNELL REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 733
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SANDOVER - PLENTY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALICE SPRINGS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) AMOONGUNA - SANTA TERESA - TITJIKALA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SOUTH MACDONNELL RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) APATULA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NAMATJIRA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    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 Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 314.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 138.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 22.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 33.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.11
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 21.125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.11
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.14
    Elevation 570.0 m