Chamelaucium megalopetalum

F.Muell. ex Benth. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Chamelaucium

At a glance

Occurrence records235

Data sources6

Biological traits19

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections5

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Chamelaucium megalopetalum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility235 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF235 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

01Narrative

Chamaelaucium megalopetalum, is a flowering plant commonly known as the large waxflower, is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.25 to but can reach as high as 2 m. It blooms between May and December producing white-pink-red or cream-yellow flowers. Found on sandy ridges or sand plains in the southern Wheatbelt, Great Southern and the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sand or gravelly soils over laterite.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height0.825 m

Plant height max1.4 m

Plant height min0.25 m

Life cycle & reproduction7

Flowering timennnnyyyyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years6 years

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typenut

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Chamelaucium megalopetalum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes1

eDNA detections5

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

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plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type235 records

Wild obs. + sensor44

Museum / vouchered191

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO652 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 accuracy74% within 1 km

≤100 m 13≤1 km 10≤10 km 3>10 km 5

31 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor44

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 accuracy24% within 1 km

≤100 m 21≤1 km 10≤10 km 78>10 km 18

127 georeferenced · 64 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence191

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 14 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	78
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	30
Canberra, AU	27
BGPAlocation not on record	22
Adelaide, AU	14
Mount Annan, AU	9
Brisbane, AU	3
Kew, GB	2
Parkville, AU	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
Honolulu, US	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1
Palmerston, AU	1

14 institutions · 191 of 191 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Chamelaucium megalopetalum was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found5

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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