Occurrence record: MEL 0280985A

Preserved specimen of Ficus destruens F.Muell. ex C.T.White | Fig recorded on 1869-04-11
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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 0280985A
Occurrence ID 28afb562-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Dallachy, J.  
Supplied as "Dallachy, J."
Record number s.n.
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks This Ficus grows on others and sends its roots down the trunk of the tree to the ground, it soon kills the tree.
Identification ID 15122e9e-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 549776f4-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1869-04-11
Supplied as year:1869  month:4  day:11 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 101

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Rosanae | Rosales | Moraceae | Ficus
Scientific name Ficus destruens
Identified to rank species
Common name Fig
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Rosales
Family Moraceae
Genus Ficus
Species Ficus destruens
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship F.Muell. ex C.T.White
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Mount Macalister.
Latitude -18.3
Supplied as: "-18.3000000000"
Longitude 145.9333
Supplied as: "145.9333000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Mount Macalister.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 18' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 56' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID aa48a729-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Girringun
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Girringun
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HERBERT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Girringun
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardwell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 74
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 768
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TULLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TULLY - CARDWELL - JUMBUN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARDWELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Sedgelands, rushs or reeds
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2179.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 205.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 953.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 122.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1187.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 19.258333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.9
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 502.0 m