Cassinia tenuifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cassinia

At a glance

Occurrence records173

Data sources4

Biological traits27

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Cassinia tenuifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility173 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF173 records

01Narrative

Cassinia tenuifolia, commonly known as bully bush or killmoke, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It is a dense, bushy shrub with hairy young stems, crowded linear leaves and sweetly scented flower heads arranged in corymbs.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit length0.75 mm

Leaf length30 mm

Leaf length max2 mm

Leaf length min1 mm

Leaf width2.25 mm

Leaf width max3 mm

Leaf width min1.5 mm

Petiole length0.15 cm

Plant height2 m

Plant height max2 m

Seed mass0.124 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.124 mg · AusTraits: 0.087 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Flowering endApr

Flowering startJan

Life spanperennial

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typeachene

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type173 records

Wild obs. + sensor106

Museum / vouchered65

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO88 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 85≤1 km 9≤10 km 4>10 km 2

100 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor106

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 accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 11≤10 km 20>10 km 8

44 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence65

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

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 institutions10 of 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	18
Canberra, AU	12
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	11
Brisbane, AU	5
Auckland, NZ	4
Wellington, NZ	3
Armidale, AU	3
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Hobart, AU	1
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Adelaide, AU	1
Honolulu, US	1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 64 of 65 vouchered records shown · 1 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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