Occurrence record: MEL 0221886A

Preserved specimen of Pistia stratiotes L. | Water Lettuce recorded on 1990-05-20
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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 0221886A
Occurrence ID 23994322-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector 1.  Cowie, I.D.   2.  Clark, M.J.  
Supplied as "Cowie, I.D. | Clark, M.J."
Record number 1234
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)
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Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Field notes Floating aquatic plant forming mat along margin of billabong.
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Identification ID 110eb700-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 511c1611-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1990-05-20
Supplied as year:1990  month:5  day:20 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 140

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Lilianae | Alismatales | Araceae | Pistia
Scientific name Pistia stratiotes
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Lettuce
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Alismatales
Family Araceae
Genus Pistia
Species Pistia stratiotes
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Locality Arafura swamp, near Old Arafura Homestead.
Habitat
Supplied as "In permanent billabong."
Latitude -12.4833
Supplied as: "-12.4833000000"
Longitude 134.9667
Supplied as: "134.9667000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Arafura swamp, near Old Arafura Homestead.
Field notes Floating aquatic plant forming mat along margin of billabong.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Cowie, I.D.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 29' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134° 58' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID a8b6aef9-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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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 5d34e34d-692f-47fa-98e6-3e5c86ca73c8
    Data Resource Northern Territory Herbarium (DNA) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Pistia stratiotes L.
    Coordinates -12.480549,134.9687853
    Related records
    Record UUID dbddc18c-b7f0-4397-acc7-08f8c4cf965a
    Data Resource National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) AVH data
    Raw Scientific Name Pistia stratiotes
    Coordinates -12.4833,134.9667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Arafura Swamp
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Arnhem Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Maningrida
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GOYDER RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 East Arnhem (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated East Arnhem - Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 EAST ARNHEM REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 2120
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2180
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EAST ARNHEM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) RAMINGINING - MILINGIMBI AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) RAMINGINING - MILINGIMBI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NHULUNBUY
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Melaleuca Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca open forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Melaleuca forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1301.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 459.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 875.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.59 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.66
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.841667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 59.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 0.0 m