Occurrence record: MEL 0092913A

Preserved specimen of Alpinia caerulea (R.Br.) Benth. | Native Ginger recorded on 1864-11-21
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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 0092913A
Occurrence ID 4d1edc3e-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Dallachy, J.  
Supplied as "Dallachy, J."
Record number 9
Reproductive condition flowers
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
Field notes Flower white.
Occurrence remarks Very common on Sea View [=Seaview] Range, Herbert River and other places.
Identification ID 2c0d7fbe-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 6a00d171-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1864-11-21
Supplied as year:1864  month:11  day:21 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 326

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Lilianae | Zingiberales | Zingiberaceae | Alpinia
Scientific name Alpinia caerulea
Identified to rank species
Common name Native Ginger
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Zingiberales
Family Zingiberaceae
Genus Alpinia
Species Alpinia caerulea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (R.Br.) Benth.
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography Oceania | Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Herbert River.
Latitude -18.4667
Supplied as: "-18.4667000000"
Longitude 145.9
Supplied as: "145.9000000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Herbert River.
Field notes Flower white.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 25000.0
Georeferenced by National Herbarium of Victoria
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 28' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 54' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID b54898db-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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 Herbert
    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
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hinchinbrook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hinchinbrook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HINCHINBROOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 660
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) INGHAM REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CHARTERS TOWERS - AYR - INGHAM
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) TOWNSVILLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) INGHAM - HINCHINBROOK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HINCHINBROOK
    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 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1631.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 95.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 819.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 945.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.8625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.69
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 52.0 m