Callistemon brachyandrus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Callistemon

At a glance

Occurrence records206

Data sources5

Biological traits32

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Callistemon brachyandrus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility206 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources32 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF206 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca brachyandra, commonly known as prickly bottlebrush or scarlet bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon brachyandrus.) It is a shrub or small tree with narrow leaves and showy red and green flowers making it an ideal ornamental plant in temperate areas.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology12

Fruit length4.5 mm

Fruit width4.5 mm

Leaf length30 mm

Leaf width1 mm

Leaf width max3 mm

Leaf width min2 mm

Plant height2 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min2 m

Seed mass0.16 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.16 mg · AusTraits: 0.035 mg · GIFT: 0.16 mg

Seed mass max0.16 mg

Seed mass min0.16 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromebird+insect+mammal

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

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

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_oblanceolate terete

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type206 records

Wild obs. + sensor75

Museum / vouchered127

Cultivated / captive4

Origin

Native40

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO452 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 54≤1 km 9≤10 km 10

73 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor75

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 accuracy39% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 28≤10 km 59>10 km 12

116 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence127

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 4

4 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions12 of 17 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	33
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	24
Canberra, AU	21
Mount Annan, AU	20
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	4
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record	3
Parkville, AU	3
Brisbane, AU	2
Tampa, US	2
Rotorua, NZ	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Riverside, US	1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
Smithfield, AU	1
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record	1

17 institutions · 121 of 127 vouchered records shown · 6 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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