Darwinia citriodora

(Endl.) Benth. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Darwinia

At a glance

Occurrence records793

Data sources7

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Darwinia citriodora's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility793 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 sources24 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS39 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF793 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 12

01Narrative

Darwinia citriodora, commonly known as lemon-scented darwinia or lemon scented myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong to lance-shaped leaves and red, yellow and orange flowers over an extended period. It is a hardy plant in well-drained soil, is often cultivated and used as a rootstock for less hardy species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Leaf length12.5 mm

Leaf width4.5 mm

Plant height1.5 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass10.58 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Flowering timennnnyyyyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproductive maturity2.92 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition39 compounds

Compounds documented for Darwinia citriodora across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Isoquinoline alkaloids $ Tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids4

Acyclic monoterpenoids4

Menthane monoterpenoids $ Monocyclic monoterpenoids3

Steroidal alkaloids3

Menthane monoterpenoids2

Documented compounds39 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Corlumine	present	LOTUS
(+)-Lupanine	present	LOTUS
(-)-Hydrastine	present	LOTUS
(-)-Menthol	present	LOTUS
(1S,2E,10R)-3,7,11,11-tetramethylbicyclo[8.1.0]undeca-2,6-diene	present	LOTUS
(2E,4E,6E)-5-(acetyloxymethyl)tetradeca-2,4,6-trienoic acid	present	LOTUS
(2E,6E)-3,7-dimethylnona-2,6-dienoic acid	present	LOTUS
2-Isopropyl-5-methylphenol	present	LOTUS
alpha-Carvone	present	LOTUS
Arecoline	present	LOTUS

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 Darwinia citriodora has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Darwinia citriodora 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 = 12 n = 6

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

2n 121×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 type793 records

Wild obs. + sensor548

Museum / vouchered244

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native20

Introduced8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 172 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 342≤1 km 83≤10 km 25>10 km 13

463 georeferenced · 85 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor548

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 accuracy26% within 1 km

≤100 m 35≤1 km 13≤10 km 119>10 km 21

188 georeferenced · 56 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence244

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions13 of 16 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	123
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	37
Canberra, AU	26
Mount Annan, AU	23
BGPAlocation not on record	10
Adelaide, AU	7
Kew, GB	3
Brisbane, AU	3
MAlocation not on record	2
Claremont, US	2
Hobart, AU	2
Wellington, NZ	1
Paris, FR	1
Joondalup, AU	1
Parkville, AU	1
Smithfield, AU	1

16 institutions · 243 of 244 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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