Homoranthus flavescens

A.Cunn. ex Schauer · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Homoranthus

At a glance

Occurrence records885

Data sources5

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility885 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF885 records

01Narrative

Homoranthus flavescens is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a low, spreading, flat-topped shrub with cylinder-shaped or flattened leaves. Single yellow to reddish flowers appear in leaf axils in late spring and summer, forming clusters near the end of the branchlets.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Leaf length8 mm

Leaf width1.5 mm

Plant height0.75 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timeyynnnnnnnnyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeterete

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile2 classes

Wax monoesters1

Cinnamic acids and derivatives1

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 type885 records

Wild obs. + sensor654

Museum / vouchered227

Cultivated / captive2

Other2

Origin

Native68

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 952 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 607≤1 km 10≤10 km 13>10 km 5

635 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor654

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 accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 53≤1 km 33≤10 km 55>10 km 15

156 georeferenced · 71 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence227

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 2

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 institutions9 of 13 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	69
Canberra, AU	45
Armidale, AU	42
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	20
Brisbane, AU	17
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	13
Adelaide, AU	9
Kew, GB	3
Hobart, AU	3
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	2
Wollongong, AU	1
NSW Office of Environment and Heritagelocation not on record	1
Parkville, AU	1

13 institutions · 226 of 227 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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