Chamelaucium pauciflorum

(Turcz.) Benth. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Chamelaucium

At a glance

Occurrence records285

Data sources5

Biological traits18

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility285 records↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources18 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF285 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Chamaelaucium pauciflorum is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to. It blooms in between August and October producing white-pink flowers. Found on plains, ridges and rises in an area extending from the Mid West to the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and western Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils over laterite.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height0.85 m

Plant height max1.4 m

Plant height min0.15 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typenut

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 pauciflorum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Chamelaucium pauciflorum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

n 111×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Rye, B. L. 1979. Chromosome number variation in the Myrtaceae and its taxonomic implications. Austral. J. Bot. 27: 547–573.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type285 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered269

Origin

Native10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO892 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 accuracy71% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤10 km 1>10 km 3

14 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

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 accuracy23% within 1 km

≤100 m 32≤1 km 10≤10 km 128>10 km 14

184 georeferenced · 85 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence269

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 institutions6 of 9 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	184
Canberra, AU	23
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	18
Adelaide, AU	16
BGPAlocation not on record	11
Mount Annan, AU	10
Brisbane, AU	5
Parkville, AU	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 269 of 269 vouchered records shown

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