Melaleuca aspalathoides

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records175

Data sources4

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Melaleuca aspalathoides's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility175 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF175 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca aspalathoides is a small shrub in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with soft, grey foliage and distinctive calyx lobes around each of its magenta-coloured flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology4

Plant height1.8 m

Plant height max1.8 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed mass0.116 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flowering timeyyyynnnyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type175 records

Wild obs. + sensor29

Museum / vouchered144

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO428 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 22≤1 km 1>10 km 1

24 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor29

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 36≤1 km 19≤10 km 44>10 km 11

110 georeferenced · 34 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

≤1 km 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
Kensington, AU	70
Canberra, AU	22
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	19
Mount Annan, AU	8
BGPAlocation not on record	5
Adelaide, AU	5
Brisbane, AU	3
LDlocation not on record	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
Kew, GB	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Armidale, AU	1

13 institutions · 141 of 144 vouchered records shown · 3 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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