Amyema melaleucae

(Lehm. ex Miq.) Tiegh. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Loranthaceae/Amyema

At a glance

Occurrence records1 054

Data sources7

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Amyema melaleucae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 054 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 054 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Amyema melaleucae, also known as the tea-tree mistletoe, is a species of flowering plant within the genus Amyema, an epiphytic hemiparasitic plant of the family Loranthaceae native to Australia and found in Western Australia and South Australia on the coast, from north of Perth almost to the Victorian border.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology4

Fruit length7 mm

Fruit width7 mm

Leaf length27.5 mm

Leaf width3 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeyyyyyyyyyyyn

Life formhemiparasitic epiphyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromebird+insect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate narrowly_obovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Amyema melaleucae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Amyema melaleucae carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 181×CCDB · kew

CCDB · kew — Martin NJ. 1983. Nuclear DNA varition in the Australasian Loranthaceae. In Biology of mistletoes (ed. M Calder & P. Berhnhardt), pp. 277-293, Sydney: Academic Press.

2n 271×CCDB · book-ipcn66

CCDB · book-ipcn66 — Barlow 1966

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 054 records

Wild obs. + sensor687

Museum / vouchered367

Origin

Native376

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 488 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy78% within 1 km

≤100 m 423≤1 km 51≤10 km 127>10 km 9

610 georeferenced · 77 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor687

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 121≤1 km 73≤10 km 126>10 km 23

343 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence367

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions9 of 12 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	206
Kensington, AU	31
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	28
Canberra, AU	26
Kew, GB	3
Brisbane, AU	2
EL PASO, US	1
Hobart, AU	1
Mount Annan, AU	1
LDlocation not on record	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

12 institutions · 302 of 367 vouchered records shown · 65 without an institution code

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Amyema melaleucae

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology4

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment9

Physiology & chemistry2

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 054 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions9 of 12 geolocated

Record type1 054 records