Occurrence record: CNS 133792.1

Preserved specimen of Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. | Loofah recorded on 2009-06-15
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Dataset

Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
Institution code Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied institution code "CNS"
Collection Australian Tropical Herbarium
Supplied collection code "CNS"
Catalog number CNS 133792.1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations sheet
Identified by Waterhouse, B.M.  
Identified date 2009
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.  
Supplied as "Waterhouse, B.M."
Record number 7752
Reproductive condition flowers|buds|leaf
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 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Disposition in collection
Occurrence remarks Scrambling, climbing tendrillate vine. Stems green, slightly ridged. Leaves variously lobed, slightly scabrous, glandular. Tendrils leaf-opposed, branched. Inflorescences axillary with a single large subsessile female flower with bright yellow corolla c. 4 cm diameter. Male flowers in a terminal cluster on a peduncle c. 4 cm long. Fruit cylindrical c. 8 cm long, currently green. All fruit heavily infested with late instar large fruit fly larvae (probably Dacus axanus). This specimen has been treated with ethanol for quarantine purposes. Vine
Date identified 2009

Event

Occurrence date 2009-06-15
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Luffa aegyptiaca
Supplied scientific name "Luffa aegyptiaca Mill."
Identified to rank species
Common name Loofah
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Class Equisetopsida
Order Cucurbitales
Family Cucurbitaceae
Genus Luffa
Species Luffa aegyptiaca
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Mill.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Hammond Island, Torres Strait.
Habitat
Supplied as "Forest margin at base of rocky hillside, climbing over Macaranga tanarius. Parent rock appears to be volcanic in origin."
Latitude -10.542778
Supplied as: "-10.542777778"
Longitude 142.2225
Supplied as: "142.2225"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Georeferenced by collector
County Cook
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 10 32 34 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142 13 21 E

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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 3ac63884-d1a2-4c5d-bab7-10be9cfba4fc
    Data Resource BRI AVH Data and Images
    Raw Scientific Name Luffa aegyptiaca
    Coordinates -10.542778,142.2226
    Related records
    Record UUID 3fcb3b37-f6f6-4d58-bbf1-a7bfa75f13b4
    Data Resource Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANB) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
    Coordinates -10.542778,142.2225
    Record UUID c8240f43-572d-4bec-a7b3-64024d4b2606
    Data Resource Australian Tropical Herbarium (CNS) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
    Coordinates -10.542778,142.2225

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Chaelundi
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 CLARENCE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence Valley Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE VALLEY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 68
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3216
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAFTON REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) COFFS HARBOUR - GRAFTON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARENCE
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait Special Quarantine Zone - Torres Strait
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1027.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 435.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 435.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 19.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.766666 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.78
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91
    Elevation 533.0 m