Homoranthus virgatus

A.Cunn. ex Schauer · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Homoranthus

At a glance

Occurrence records912

Data sources7

Biological traits29

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility912 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources29 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF912 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Flower Homoranthus virgatus commonly known as twiggy homoranthus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is found growing in coastal areas of northern New South Wales and in Queensland. It is an upright shrub with wand-like branches, aromatic foliage and white to pink flowers in small clusters at the end of branches.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology9

Leaf length8 mm

Leaf mass per area120 g/m2

Leaf size6.24 mm²

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 6.24 mm² · AusTraits: 5.31 mm²

Leaf width1 mm

Leaf width max10 mm

Leaf width min6 mm

Plant height1 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeyynnnnnnnnyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

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 & chemistry3

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)8.58 mm²/mg

Wood density731 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition2 compounds

Compounds documented for Homoranthus virgatus 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

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 Homoranthus virgatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★matK★rbcL

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type912 records

Wild obs. + sensor532

Museum / vouchered259

Other121

Origin

Native63

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 564 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 380≤1 km 56≤10 km 24>10 km 11

471 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor532

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 accuracy46% within 1 km

≤100 m 57≤1 km 41≤10 km 76>10 km 38

212 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence259

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 institutions10 of 14 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	89
Mount Annan, AU	63
Canberra, AU	35
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	28
Armidale, AU	19
Kew, GB	4
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	3
Parkville, AU	3
Hobart, AU	3
University of the Sunshine Coastlocation not on record	2
Adelaide, AU	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

14 institutions · 254 of 259 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Homoranthus virgatus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.8 °C 15.8–21.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.50 °C

Max temp (day)22.6 °C 20.9–24.3

Min temp (night)15.5 °C 11.6–19.4

Precipitation88.9 mm/mo 62.4–115

Air humidity57.7 % 56.3–59.1

Vapour deficit930 Pa 788–1,072

Cloud cover21.8 % 21.0–22.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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