Occurrence record: CANB 205912.1

Preserved specimen of Dioscorea alata L. | Purple Yam recorded on 1969-04-10
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
Institution code Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research
Supplied institution code "CANB"
Collection Australian National Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CANB"
Catalog number CANB 205912.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Collector Henty, E.E.  
Supplied as "Henty, E.E."
Record number NGF 41956
Reproductive condition leaf
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Vine, right-winding. Stem smooth, green with purple flecks; base of petioles, wings reddish. Yam no. 56. Local name: Wundingib Wabi. Planting material from Stapigum Village, Maprik Subdistrict, East Sepik District.

Event

Occurrence date 1969-04-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Dioscorea alata
Supplied scientific name "Dioscorea alata L."
Identified to rank species
Common name Purple Yam
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Dioscoreales
Family Dioscoreaceae
Genus Dioscorea
Species Dioscorea alata
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
Locality CULTIVATED: Corrective Institution, Lae, Morobe District, T.N.G.
Habitat
Supplied as "In cultivation."
Latitude -6.75
Supplied as: "-6.75"
Longitude 146.0
Supplied as: "146"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 30
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 6 45 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 146 0 E

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 10.683333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 83.0 %