Melaleuca calyptroides

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records181

Data sources4

Biological traits22

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility181 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF181 records

01Narrative

Habit Close-up of flower Melaleuca calyptroides is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is similar to a number of other Western Australian melaleucas such as M. hollidayi with its almost cylindrical leaves, purple pom-pom flower heads and low growth habit but it has longer, wartier leaves and fewer flowers in the inflorescences.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology5

Plant height1.75 m

Plant height max1.75 m

Seed mass0.21 mg

Seed mass max0.21 mg

Seed mass min0.21 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type181 records

Wild obs. + sensor7

Museum / vouchered171

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native6

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 7

7 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor7

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 48≤1 km 26≤10 km 69>10 km 4

147 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence171

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 km 2

3 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living3

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 14 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	86
Canberra, AU	37
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	24
Mount Annan, AU	6
Adelaide, AU	4
BGPAlocation not on record	2
Paris, FR	1
Hobart, AU	1
Brisbane, AU	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Armidale, AU	1
ASUlocation not on record	1

14 institutions · 167 of 171 vouchered records shown · 4 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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