Occurrence record: MEL:MEL 0686428A

Preserved specimen of Pistia stratiotes L. | Water Lettuce recorded on 1984-07-08
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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 0686428A
Occurrence ID 239ac7a6-6374-11e1-bc2b-000c2907ead9
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Identified by Aston, H.I.  
Identified date 1984-07
Collector Aston, H.I.  
Supplied as "Aston, H.I."
Record number 2544
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 Small vegetative plants.
Occurrence remarks Frequent.
Date identified 1984-07
Identification ID 1112a671-1abd-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

Event

Event ID 511ed648-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da
Occurrence date 1984-07-08
Supplied as year:1984  month:7  day:8 
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 190

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 Top End. Fogg Dam.
Habitat
Supplied as "Floating on deep water against the dam wall."
Latitude -12.5667
Supplied as: "-12.5667000000"
Longitude 131.2833
Supplied as: "131.2833000000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "epsg:4326"
Verbatim coordinate system degrees decimal minutes
Verbatim locality Top End. Fogg Dam.
Field notes Small vegetative plants.
Coordinate precision 0.0166666667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Georeferenced by Aston, H.I.
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 34' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131° 17' E
Verbatim SRS 1
Location ID a8b83029-1abc-11e3-90a2-6c626d51f2da

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Fogg Dam
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Fogg Dam
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Regions Darwin Coastal
    IBRA 7 Subregions Darwin Coastal
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ADELAIDE 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
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Litchfield (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Litchfield - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LITCHFIELD MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 92
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2309
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER DARWIN
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WEDDELL
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LITCHFIELD
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LITCHFIELD
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HUMPTY DOO - ELIZABETH VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) DARWIN
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GOYDER
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1495.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 107.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 426.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 88.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 970.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 8.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.68
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 29.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 28.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.095833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 8.0 m