Bursaria occidentalis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Pittosporaceae/Bursaria

At a glance

Occurrence records253

Data sources5

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Bursaria occidentalis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility253 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF253 records

01Narrative

Bursaria occidentalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a spiny tree or shrub with egg-shaped adult leaves, flowers with relatively small, hairy sepals and five spreading creamy-white petals, and inflated capsules.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology10

Fruit length10.5 mm

Fruit width10.5 mm

Leaf length50 mm

Leaf width7.5 mm

Plant height8 m

Plant height max8 m

Plant height min1.2 m

Seed mass3.1 mg

Seed mass max3.1 mg

Seed mass min3.1 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnnnnyyyyy

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: tree · TRY: shrub/tree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_elliptical obovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Wood density592 mg/cm³

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type253 records

Wild obs. + sensor40

Museum / vouchered212

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO668 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 21≤1 km 10≤10 km 2>10 km 1

34 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor40

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 accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 58≤1 km 15≤10 km 89>10 km 7

169 georeferenced · 43 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence212

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 13 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	131
Canberra, AU	25
Adelaide, AU	14
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	13
Mount Annan, AU	10
Kew, GB	5
Brisbane, AU	3
BGPAlocation not on record	3
Palmerston, AU	2
MAlocation not on record	1
Taipei, TW	1
Hobart, AU	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 210 of 212 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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