Occurrence record: MEL 2470878A

Preserved specimen of Impatiens balfourii Hook.f. | Balfour's Touch-me-not recorded on 2014-01-04
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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 2470878A
Occurrence ID 41344119-3574-4069-a258-a8b26c397073
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Walsh, N.G.  
Collector Walsh, N.G.  
Supplied as "Walsh, N.G."
Record number 9082
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
Establishment means introduced
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Tender, erect to sprawling annual to c. 40 cm high. Upper petal white, lower petals mauve, yellow-spotted in throat.
Occurrence remarks A patch of several square metres comprising some dozens of plants. Presumably a result of dumped garden refuse.
Date identified 2014-01-04
Identification ID d004c08d-6fe8-4703-9362-e86108a1bfef

Event

Event ID 95bfe139-5968-4907-81af-33aac552e51a
Occurrence date 2014-01-04
Supplied as year:2014  month:1  day:4 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 4

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Asteranae | Ericales | Balsaminaceae | Impatiens
Scientific name Impatiens balfourii
Identified to rank species
Common name Balfour's Touch-me-not
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Ericales
Family Balsaminaceae
Genus Impatiens
Species Impatiens balfourii
Name match metric exactMatch
Taxon remarks Impatiens balfouri orth. var. corrected by A.T.M. 19/10/2021
Scientific name authorship Hook.f.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Sherbrooke Forest, NE of Belgrave-Ferny Ck Rd, near its intersection with Sandells Rd, c. 1.6 km direct NNW from Belgrave Rail Station.
Habitat
Supplied as "Margin of tall open forest, adjacent to slashed verge."
Latitude -37.895
Supplied as: "-37.8950000000"
Longitude 145.349444
Supplied as: "145.3494444444"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality Sherbrooke Forest, NE of Belgrave-Ferny Ck Rd, near its intersection with Sandells Rd, c. 1.6 km direct NNW from Belgrave Rail Station.
Min elevation 310.0
Max elevation 310.0
Field notes Tender, erect to sprawling annual to c. 40 cm high. Upper petal white, lower petals mauve, yellow-spotted in throat.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeference protocol Google Earth
Georeferenced by Walsh, N.G.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 53' 42" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 20' 58" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 5e01780d-21db-453a-99b4-e7e95595db11

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Dandenong Ranges National Park
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Dandenong Ranges
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Yarra Ranges (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yarra Ranges - Dandenongs
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 YARRA RANGES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1355
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MOUNT DANDENONG - OLINDA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - OUTER EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CASEY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MONBULK
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus tall open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1092.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 317.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 193.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 198.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 321.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.27
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.220833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 426.0 m