Homoranthus porteri — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Homoranthus

At a glance

Occurrence records167

Data sources5

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility167 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF167 records

01Narrative

Homoranthus porteri is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to a small area in northern Queensland, Australia. It is an upright shrub with creamy-white to red pendulous flowers in pairs on a short stalk with red bracts and small linear leaves.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction4

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

03Chemical composition2 compounds

Compounds documented for Homoranthus porteri 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

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type167 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered144

Cultivated / captive1

Other6

Origin

Native16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO180 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

10 georeferenced · 6 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 accuracy61% within 1 km

≤100 m 51≤1 km 25≤10 km 47>10 km 1

124 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence144

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 institutions8 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
Brisbane, AU	51
Smithfield, AU	33
Canberra, AU	19
Mount Annan, AU	13
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	12
Armidale, AU	5
Palmerston, AU	5
Kew, GB	4
Adelaide, AU	2

9 institutions · 144 of 144 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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