Callistemon paludosus — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Callistemon

At a glance

Occurrence records26

Data sources4

Biological traits43

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources43 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF26 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca paludicola, commonly known as river bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the names Callistemon sieberi or Callistemon paludosus.) It is a shrub or small tree with flexible, often drooping branches, pinkish new growth and spikes of cream, pale yellow, or sometimes pink flowers in summer.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology19

Fruit length4 mm

Fruit width4.5 mm

Leaf length50 mm

Leaf length max50 mm

Leaf length min20 mm

Leaf mass5.7 mg

Leaf mass per area61.73 g/m2

Leaf size96.98 mm²

Leaf width5 mm

Leaf width max5 mm

Leaf width min2 mm

Petiole length0.2 cm

Plant height3 m

Plant height max3 m

Seed length1.15 mm

Seed mass0.11 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.11 mg · AusTraits: 0.2 mg · GIFT: 0.112 mg

Seed mass max0.27 mg

Seed mass min0.027 mg

Seed width0.37 mm

Life cycle & reproduction11

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewind

Flowering endJan

Flowering startNov

Flowering timeynnnnnnnnnyy

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect+vertebrate

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproductive maturity4 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapefalcate narrowly_oblanceolate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type26 records

Museum / vouchered26

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO72 km²

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 2>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence26

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	13
Auckland, NZ	4
Wuzhou, CN	1
Tampa, US	1

4 institutions · 19 of 26 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code