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Occurrence record: MEL 2568074A

Preserved specimen of Acrotriche serrulata R.Br. | Honeypots recorded on 1892-06-24

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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 2568074A
Occurrence ID	0212462b-8f6c-4540-9824-cdcc30d3926c
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Identified by	National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)
Collector	Morrison, A.
Record number	s.n.
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int) Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Institution ID	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/institution/70fbf720-63a3-4e3c-b844-ee96091880e0
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
recorded by ID	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2642700
Collection	https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/7777d910-553a-45ac-b0e5-635261c1e992
Previous identifications	Styphelia serrulata Labill., Styphelia (Acrotriche, R.Br.) serrulata, Labill.
Date identified	2025-05-02
Identification remarks	fide: APNI, accessed 2 May 2025.
Identification ID	08c02bce-2a48-442c-8e7e-6594057c78a2

Event

Event ID	d8fcecdf-1707-4d02-a10b-3c793a9ffec3
Identification remarks	fide: APNI, accessed 2 May 2025.
Occurrence date	1892-06-24 Supplied as year:1892 month:6 day:24
End day of year	176
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	176

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Streptophyta \| Embryophyta \| Tracheophyta \| Spermatophytina \| "Angiospermae" \| Magnoliopsida \| Ericales \| Ericaceae \| Acrotriche
Scientific name	Acrotriche serrulata
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Honeypots
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta
Class	Equisetopsida Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order	Ericales
Family	Ericaceae
Genus	Acrotriche
Species	Acrotriche serrulata
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	R.Br.
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Victoria
Locality	Near Brighton, Port Phillip.
Habitat	Supplied as "Scrub."
Latitude	-37.9 Supplied as: "-37.9000000000"
Longitude	144.9833 Supplied as: "144.9833000000"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system	degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality	Near Brighton, Port Phillip.
Coordinate precision	0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	37° 54' S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	144° 59' E
Verbatim SRS	epsg:4326
Location ID	b225b736-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Additional properties

material entity id	0212462b-8f6c-4540-9824-cdcc30d3926c

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Taxon misapplied matched	Warning
Show/Hide 97 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinate precision invalid	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identified date invalid	Passed
Identified date unlikely	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing georeferenced by	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 4 missing properties
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 21 tests that have not been run
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
Australian Coral Ecoregions	South-east Australia
IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia)	Victorian Embayments
IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia)	Bass Strait Shelf Province
NRM Regions 2010	Port Phillip and Western Port
NRM Regions 2017	Port Phillip and Western Port
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Port Phillip and Western Port
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Port Phillip and Western Port
Biodiversity
IMCRA 4 Regions	Bass Strait Shelf Province
IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions	Victorian Embayments
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South East Coast (Victoria)
Drainage Divisions Level 2	YARRA RIVER
Indigenous
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Victoria
Marine
States including coastal waters	Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	278005.0 frequency
Species Richness	7130.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	636.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	158.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	9.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	126.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	131.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	187.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	15.4 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	44.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	22.8 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	14.8 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	21.1 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	5.4 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	10.3 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	10.3 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	19.3 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.49 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.25
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	26.5 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	19.5 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	14.4 degrees C
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.59
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.89

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium