Homoranthus croftianus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Homoranthus

At a glance

Occurrence records38

Data sources5

Biological traits29

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Homoranthus croftianus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility38 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources29 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF38 records

01Narrative

Homoranthus croftianus, commonly known as Bolivia homoranthus, is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area near Bolivia in northern New South Wales. It is an upright shrub with pointed leaves arranged in alternating opposite pairs so they form four rows along the branchlets. Single greenish to cream-coloured flowers are borne in leaf axils.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology9

Leaf length6.75 mm

Leaf length max11 mm

Leaf length min2.5 mm

Leaf width0.4 mm

Leaf width max0.5 mm

Leaf width min0.3 mm

Petiole length0.03 cm

Plant height2 m

Plant height max2 m

Life cycle & reproduction10

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering endJan

Flowering startSep

Flowering timeynnnnnnnyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproductive maturity10.5 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear terete

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile2 classes

Cinnamic acids and derivatives1

Wax monoesters1

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
1-Methoxy-4-(2-propenyl)benzene		present	LOTUS
Hex-trans-3-enyl butyrate		present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type38 records

Wild obs. + sensor15

Museum / vouchered22

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO20 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

≤100 m 15

15 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor15

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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 4≤10 km 2

14 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence22

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 georeferenced

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 institutions6 of 7 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	8
Armidale, AU	4
Canberra, AU	4
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	2
Brisbane, AU	2
Hobart, AU	1
Kew, GB	1

7 institutions · 22 of 22 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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