Callistemon recurvus — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Callistemon

At a glance

Occurrence records259

Data sources5

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility259 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF259 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca recurva, commonly known as Tinaroo bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to higher areas of far northern Queensland in Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria continue to use the name Callistemon recurvus). It is a shrub with spikes of red flowers tipped with yellow in most months of the year and which often has leaves with their edges curled under.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology8

Fruit length4.5 mm

Fruit width4 mm

Leaf length25.5 mm

Leaf width5 mm

Plant height7 m

Seed length1 mm

Seed mass0.038 mg

Seed width1 mm

Life cycle & reproduction4

Flowering timeyyyyyynnnnnn

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type259 records

Wild obs. + sensor22

Museum / vouchered230

Cultivated / captive4

Other3

Origin

Native24

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO368 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor22

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 70≤1 km 44≤10 km 76>10 km 10

200 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence230

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

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 institutions8 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	78
Smithfield, AU	61
Canberra, AU	27
Mount Annan, AU	20
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	19
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	6
Palmerston, AU	5
Armidale, AU	4
Kew, GB	3
Adelaide, AU	3

10 institutions · 226 of 230 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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