| 01 |
Record ID |
The ALA identifier for the record. |
ALA record ID |
| 02 |
Catalog Number |
The catalogue number for this record. |
Catalogue number |
| 03 |
Match Taxon Concept GUID |
The GUID for the concept in the National Species List (NSL). |
N/A |
| 04 |
Scientific Name |
The taxon name provided with the specimen record. |
Taxon name (provided) |
| 05 |
Vernacular Name |
The common name provided with the specimen record. Common names are not provided with AVH data, but are provided with some ALA records from other data sets. |
N/A |
| 06 |
Matched Scientific Name |
The taxon name in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Taxon name (processed) |
| 07 |
Taxon Rank – matched |
The taxon rank in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Taxon rank (matched) |
| 08 |
Vernacular Name – matched |
The common name in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Common name |
| 09 |
Kingdom – matched |
The kingdom in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Kingdom |
| 10 |
Phylum – matched |
The phylum in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Phylum |
| 11 |
Class – matched |
The class in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Class |
| 12 |
Order – matched |
The order in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Order |
| 13 |
Family – matched |
The family in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Family |
| 14 |
Genus – matched |
The genus in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Genus |
| 15 |
Species – matched |
The species name in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Species |
| 16 |
Subspecies – matched |
The infraspecific epithet in the NSL that the ALA has matched this record to. |
Infraspecific taxon |
| 17 |
Institution Code |
The institution code for this record. The institution code refers to the department or organisation to which the herbarium belongs. |
Herbarium code |
| 18 |
Collection Code |
The Index Herbariorum code for the herbarium where the specimen is held. |
Herbarium code |
| 19 |
Latitude before processing |
The decimal latitude before processing. This will be populated when the user has permission to view the original value. |
Latitude (provided) |
| 20 |
decimalLongitude |
The decimal longitude before processing. This will be populated when the user has permission to view the original value. |
Longitude (provided) |
| 21 |
Latitude – processed |
The decimal latitude associated with the record. If the original latitude was supplied in degrees, minutes and seconds, this value representsthe converted value. |
Latitude |
| 22 |
Longitude – processed |
The decimal longitude associated with the record. If the original latitude was supplied in degrees, minutes and seconds, this value representsthe converted value. |
Longitude |
| 23 |
Coordinate Precision |
The precision of the geocode. Geocode precision is not delivered with any herbarium records, but is available in some records in other ALA datasets. |
N/A |
| 24 |
Coordinate Uncertainty In Meters |
A measurement or estimate of how far away in metres the point represented by the latitude and longitude may be from the actual location where the specimen was collected. |
Geocode uncertainty (m) |
| 25 |
Country – parsed |
The country in which the specimen was collected. |
Country |
| 26 |
IBRA Region – parsed |
The IBRA region matching the supplied coordinates. |
IBRA region |
| 27 |
IMCRA Region – parsed |
The IMCRA region matching the supplied coordinates. |
IMCRA region |
| 28 |
State – parsed |
The state or territory matching the supplied coordinates. |
State or territory |
| 29 |
Local Government Area – parsed |
The local government area matching the supplied coordinates. |
Local government area |
| 30 |
Minimum Elevation In Metres |
The minimum altitude in metres for the collecting locality. |
Minimum altitude (m) |
| 31 |
Maximum Elevation In Metres |
The maximum altitude in metres for the collecting locality. |
Maximum altitude (m) |
| 32 |
Minimum Depth In Meters |
The minimum depth in metres for the collecting locality. |
Minimum depth (m) |
| 33 |
Maximum Depth In Meters |
The maximum depth in metres for the collecting locality. |
Maximum depth (m) |
| 34 |
Year – parsed |
The year in which the specimen was collected. |
Year |
| 35 |
Month – parsed |
The month in which the specimen was collected. |
Month |
| 36 |
Day – parsed |
The day of the month in which the specimen was collected. |
Day |
| 37 |
Event Date – parsed |
The date the specimen was collected, in ISO-compliant form. |
Collecting date |
| 38 |
Event Time – parsed |
The time of the observation of collecting event. Event time is not generally recorded for herbarium specimens, and is not delivered to the ALA by the herbaria. |
N/A |
| 39 |
Basis Of Record |
The basis of record e.g. Specimen, Observation etc. |
Basis of record |
| 40 |
Sex |
The sex of the species for the occurrence. Sex is not delivered to the ALA. We draw the line at beer and cake. |
N/A |
| 41 |
Preparations |
A list (concatenated and separated) of preparations and preservation methods for a specimen. |
Preparations |
| 42 |
Information withheld during processing |
Indicates if information withheld due to sensitivity issues. |
Information withheld |
| 43 |
Data Generalised during processing |
Describes the data generalisation performed in the case of sensitive records. |
Data generalised |
| 44 |
Species habitats |
The ecoregion (non-marine, marine, or limnetic) in which the taxon occurs. |
Ecoregion |
| 45 |
Outlier for layer |
Environmental layer for which record is an outlier, or for which there are records in the result set that are outliers. |
Outlier for layer |
| 46 |
Taxon identification issue |
The record has been provided with a Determination qualifier, indicating that there was uncertainty about the determination. |
Determination qualifier |
| 47 |
Location Quality |
An assessment of whether or not the location is spatially valid, based on a range of data quality checks and user-contributed annotations. |
Spatial validity |
| 48 |
recordNumber |
Collecting number, a number provided by the Collector of the specimen |
Collecting number |
| 49 |
cultivated |
Whether or not the specimen was cultivated at the collecting locality. |
Establishment means |
| 50 |
duplicates |
A list of herbaria that duplicate specimens have been sent to. |
Duplicates sent to |
| 51 |
duplicatesOriginalInstitutionID |
The herbarium from which a duplicate specimen was received. |
Herbarium received from |
| 52 |
duplicatesOriginalUnitID |
The catalogue number for the original specimen at the herbarium from which the duplicate was received. |
Ex herb. catalogue number |
| 53 |
loanIdentifier |
The number assigned to a loan by the lending herbarium. |
Loan number |
| 54 |
loanDestination |
The herbarium to which the specimen was sent on loan. |
Borrowing institution |
| 55 |
phenology |
Whether the specimen is bearing flowers, fruit etc. |
Phenology |
| 56 |
scientificNameWithoutAuthor |
The provided taxon name without the authorship. |
Taxon name (provided) [without the author of the name] |
| 57 |
identifierRole |
The role the determiner has played in the determination, e.g. determined the specimen (‘Det.’) or confirmed an earlier determination (‘Conf.’). |
Determiner role |
| 58 |
identifiedBy |
The person or persons that determined the specimen |
Determiner |
| 59 |
dateIdentified |
The date the specimen was determined. |
Determination date |
| 60 |
identificationRemarks |
Notes about the specimen by the determiner as part of the determination. |
Determination notes |
| 61 |
verbatimDateIdentified |
The determination date, as provided by the herbaria. |
Verbatim determination date |
| 62 |
geodeticDatum |
The geodetic datum, or reference, use for the georeference. |
Geodetic datum |
| 63 |
nameMatchMetric |
The method by which the name was matched. |
Name match metric |
| 64 |
recordedBy |
The name of the person(s) who made the observation. For specimen records this is the collector. |
Collector |
| 65 |
verbatimEventDate |
The date the observation was made, as provided by the observer (or by the data provider). For specimen-based records this is the collectingdate. |
Collecting date |
| 66 |
locality |
The locality where the observation was made or the specimen collected. |
Locality |
| 67 |
habitat |
A description of the habitat that the plant, alga or fungus was growing in, provided by the collector. |
Habitat |
| 68 |
occurrenceRemarks |
Any additional notes about the specimen or the collecting event provided by the collector. |
Collecting notes |
| 69 |
stateConservation |
The conservation status associated with the taxon in the state or territory in which it was collected. |
Conservation status |
| 70 |
georeferenceProtocol |
The method by which the georeference was obtained, for example by GPS or by using a topographic map. |
Georeferencing method |
| 71 |
georeferencedBy |
A general term for the person who provided the georeference (‘Collector’ or ‘Compiler’). |
Georeferenced by |
| 72+ |
Issue flags |
Potential issues found during quality checks when the record was uploaded into the BioCache or during post-processing,or that have been reported by users. There is a separate column for each issue that occurs in the result set, with a value of ‘true’ or ‘false’. |
Data issues |
