Occurrence record: MEL 2456387A

Preserved specimen of Achyranthes aspera L. | Chaff Flower
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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 2456387A
Occurrence ID 05a4c24e-e73b-4a87-bc35-347a82fd8d76
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Macheda, D.R.  
Collector Macowan, P.  
Supplied as "MacOwan, P."
Record number 1522
Reproductive condition fruit
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode
Rights holder Royal Botanic Gardens Board
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Previous identifications Pupalia
Occurrence remarks P. MacOwan : Austro-Africanæ.
Date identified 2019-04-16
Identification ID 70475b1b-f58e-4b94-9c2e-38dabc5d63df

Event

Event ID d21a43a4-e6d0-49b6-9ced-f86cb29a1abe
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Caryophyllanae | Caryophyllales | Amaranthaceae | Achyranthes
Scientific name Achyranthes aspera
Identified to rank species
Common name Chaff Flower
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Caryophyllales
Family Amaranthaceae
Genus Achyranthes
Species Achyranthes aspera
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship L.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Africa | South Africa
Country South Africa
State or Territory Eastern Cape
Locality In fruitcetis ad ped. Boschberg [=Bosberg].
Latitude -32.683333
Supplied as: "-32.6833333333"
Longitude 25.533333
Supplied as: "25.5333333333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "1"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality In fruitcetis ad ped. Boschberg [=Bosberg].
Min elevation 914.0
Max elevation 914.0
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeference protocol GeoNames
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Elevation 3000 ft
Verbatim latitude 32° 41' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Africa
Marine false
Country Code ZA
Verbatim longitude 25° 32' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID 44e8baa9-3dfc-4356-b577-d58359ca36cc

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries South Africa

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.191667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %