Occurrence record: MEL 2291570A

Preserved specimen of Asclepias curassavica L. | Red-head Cotton-bush recorded on 2003-11-23
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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 2291570A
Occurrence ID 5dd0b142-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector 1.  Forster, P.I.   2.  Halford, D.A.  
Supplied as "Forster, P.I. | Halford, D.A."
Record number 29695
Reproductive condition flowers | buds
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 Bush to 1m high; watery whitelatex; corolla red, corona orange.
Occurrence remarks Very common in area as naturalised weed.
Identification ID 36f93dee-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 73771953-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 2003-11-23
Supplied as year:2003  month:11  day:23 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 327

Taxonomy

Higher classification Eukarya | Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Asteranae | Gentianales | Apocynaceae | Asclepias
Scientific name Asclepias curassavica
Identified to rank species
Common name Red-head Cotton-bush
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Tracheophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Supplied as "Magnoliopsida"
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Asclepias
Species Asclepias curassavica
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 Queensland
Locality Digger Creek, Hourigan Creek Road, 21km W of Mount Larcom. [AGD84] (56,273138,7365943) (9050-731659)
Habitat
Supplied as "Disturbed riparian woodland of Eucalyptus tereticornis & Callistemon viminalis."
Latitude -23.8017
Supplied as: "-23.8017000000"
Longitude 150.7733
Supplied as: "150.7733000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees minutes decimal seconds
Verbatim locality Digger Creek, Hourigan Creek Road, 21km W of Mount Larcom. [AGD84] (56,273138,7365943) (9050-731659)
Min elevation 50.0
Max elevation 50.0
Field notes Bush to 1m high; watery whitelatex; corolla red, corona orange.
Coordinate precision 0.0002777778
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Forster, P.I.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 48' 6" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 46' 24" E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID b9d1d0be-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Fitzroy
    NRM Regions 2017 Fitzroy
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Fitzroy
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Regions Brigalow Belt South
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mount Morgan Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FITZROY RIVER (QLD)
    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 Gladstone (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Calliope - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLADSTONE REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 25
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2503
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GLADSTONE HINTERLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLADSTONE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLYNN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GLADSTONE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLADSTONE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GLADSTONE
    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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 795.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 91.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 351.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 29.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 353.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.3
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.0375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.41
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.61
    Elevation 81.0 m