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Occurrence record: CANB 649418.1

Preserved specimen of Corybas despectans D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash | Coast Helmet-orchid recorded on 1995-08-09
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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 649418.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by D.L. Jones  
Collector Jones, D.L.
Record number 14122
Reproductive condition flowers|leaf
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Deciduous terrestrial orchid. Plants in colonies, flowers small, reddish, self-pollinating.
Date identified 2007-05

Event

Occurrence date 1995-08-09
End day of year 221
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 221

Taxonomy

Scientific name Corybas despectans
Supplied scientific name "Corysanthes despectans (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem."
Identified to rank species
Common name Coast Helmet-orchid
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Asparagales
Family Orchidaceae
Genus Corybas
Supplied as "Corysanthes"
Species Corybas despectans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash
Supplied as (D.L.Jones & R.C.Nash) D.L.Jones & M.A.Clem.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality 2 km W of Sleaford Bay - Port Lincoln intersection, towards Whalers Way.
Habitat
Supplied as "Flat. Red brown sandy clay loam. Tall mallee shrubland, shrubs and yacca understorey."
Latitude -34.816667
Supplied as: "-34.816666667"
Longitude 135.75
Supplied as: "135.75"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5000.0
County Eyre Peninsula
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 49 0 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 45 0 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Sleaford Mere
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Sleaford Mere
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Sleaford Mere
    Directory of Important Wetlands Sleaford Mere
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Eyre Hills
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Eyre Hills
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EYRE PENINSULA
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Ceduna - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Eyre Peninsula
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Port Lincoln - Ceduna
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Grey
    Electorates March 2025 Grey
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lower Eyre Peninsula
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF LOWER EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Flinders
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Eyre Peninsula
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Lower Eyre Peninsula
    Postal Areas 2021 5607
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Eyre Peninsula
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Eyre Peninsula and South West
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Eyre Peninsula
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3233.0 frequency
    Species Richness 714.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 504.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 236.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 64.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 242.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.01
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 478.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 226.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 11.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 63.1389 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 82.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 226.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.804167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.508333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.396397 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 318.86487
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.9 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.45
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.93
    Elevation 14.0 m