Occurrence record: MEL 2260052A

Preserved specimen of Dioscorea transversa R.Br. | Native Yam recorded on 1984-02-01
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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 2260052A
Occurrence ID 4dd0d9de-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Wightman, G.M.  
Supplied as "Wightman, G.M."
Record number 1029
Reproductive condition buds
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 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Climber; flowers cream, strong pleasant perfume.
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Identification ID 2d26a34f-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 6b34d4c6-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1984-02-01
Supplied as year:1984  month:2  day:1 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 32

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Dioscoreales | Dioscoreaceae | Dioscorea
Scientific name Dioscorea transversa
Identified to rank species
Common name Native Yam
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Dioscoreales
Family Dioscoreaceae
Genus Dioscorea
Species Dioscorea transversa
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship R.Br.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Jump Up Jungle, Melville Island.
Habitat
Supplied as "In laterite at rainforest edge."
Latitude -11.5333
Supplied as: "-11.5333000000"
Longitude 130.5833
Supplied as: "130.5833000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Jump Up Jungle, Melville Island.
Field notes Climber; flowers cream, strong pleasant perfume.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by Wightman, G.M.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 11° 32' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130° 35' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID b58e28c2-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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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 c90f4b73-b614-4ab9-ac30-b09871e6f078
    Data Resource Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Dioscorea transversa R.Br.
    Coordinates -11.5305786,130.5855073
    Related records
    Record UUID b0d02a27-dba5-4f42-b0cc-cef6c73fa036
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Dioscorea transversa
    Coordinates -11.5333,130.5833

    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 Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Regions Tiwi Cobourg
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tiwi
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BATHURST-MELVILLE ISLANDS
    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 Tiwi Islands (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Tiwi Islands
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TIWI ISLANDS REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 2022
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2187
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TIWI ISLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TIWI ISLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TIWI ISLANDS - WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) JABIRU - TIWI
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ARAFURA
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Industrial plantation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Softwood plantation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Acacia
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other Acacia tall open shrublands and shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1861.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 102.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 599.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1159.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.63 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.48
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.170834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 64.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 5.0 m