Occurrence record: MEL 2196938A

Preserved specimen of Carex maculata Boott recorded on 1941-11-28

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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 2196938A
Occurrence ID	23cb5416-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Sheet
Collector	Blake, S.T. Supplied as "Blake, S.T."
Record number	14470
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
Field notes	Tufted, oblique and drooping; leaves rich green above, paler beneath. Male spikelets pale brown, female green.
Identification ID	115a3a13-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID	51615fe0-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date	1941-11-28 Supplied as year:1941 month:11 day:28
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	332

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Eukarya \| Plantae \| Viridaeplantae \| Tracheophyta \| Magnoliopsida \| Lilianae \| Poales \| Cyperaceae \| Carex
Scientific name	Carex maculata
Identified to rank	species
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Charophyta Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class	Equisetopsida Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order	Poales
Family	Cyperaceae
Genus	Carex
Species	Carex maculata
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Boott
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICN

Geospatial

Higher geography	Oceania \| Australia
Country	Australia
State or Territory	Queensland
Locality	Innisfail.
Habitat	Supplied as "In darkest part of a palm swamp."
Latitude	-17.5167 Supplied as: "-17.5167000000"
Longitude	146.0167 Supplied as: "146.0167000000"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system	degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality	Innisfail.
Min elevation	5.0
Max elevation	5.0
Field notes	Tufted, oblique and drooping; leaves rich green above, paler beneath. Male spikelets pale brown, female green.
Coordinate precision	0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Georeferenced by	Klazenga, N.
Terrestrial	true
Elevation	15 ft
Verbatim latitude	17° 31' S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	146° 1' E
Verbatim SRS	1
Location ID	a8d85a45-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Show/Hide 100 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinate precision invalid	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
Min and max altitude reversed	Passed
Altitude value non-numeric	Passed
Altitude value supplied in feet	Passed
Elevation unlikely	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing geodetic datum	Passed
Missing georeferenced by	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
Show/Hide 4 missing properties
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 19 tests that have not been run
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Outlier information

This record has been detected as an outlier using the Reverse Jackknife algorithm for the following layers:

Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Notes: Data derived using ANUCLIM v6 (beta) with the new set of climate surfaces (centred on 1990), by Dr. Kristen Williams.
Scale: 0.01 degree (~1km)

More information on the data quality work being undertaken by the Atlas is available here:

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
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	Innisfail
Hydrology
Drainage Divisions Level 1	North East Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	JOHNSTONE RIVER
Marine
States including coastal waters	Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Australian States and Territories	Queensland
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Ma:Mu Cassowary Coast Regional Council Area ILUA
Local Government Areas 2011	Cassowary Coast (R)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Johnstone
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	44
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	2033
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF QLD
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	INNISFAIL
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)	INNISFAIL - JOHNSTONE
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	INNISFAIL
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	CAIRNS - ATHERTON
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	MULGRAVE
PSMA States (2016)	QUEENSLAND
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Other special rights, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Rainforest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Rainforests and Vine Thickets
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Rainforests and vine thickets
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	3504.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	404.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	16.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	285.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	69.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	1496.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	161.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	1751.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	17.8 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	19.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	20.0 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	24.0 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	15.6 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	15.8 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	20.4 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	8.1 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	22.3 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.52 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.89
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	31.4 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	27.1 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	26.6 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	24.016666 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	52.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.93
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	9.0 m

AVH

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium