Melaleuca eleuterostachya

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records938

Data sources5

Biological traits32

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility938 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources32 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF938 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca eleuterostachya is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia and South Australia. It is a shrub or tree with arching branches, narrow leaves and small spikes of cream or white flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology9

Fruit length3.5 mm

Leaf length6 mm

Leaf width1.5 mm

Plant height2 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Seed mass0.188 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.188 mg · AusTraits: 0.2 mg · GIFT: 0.186 mg

Seed mass max0.23 mg

Seed mass min0.12 mg

Life cycle & reproduction10

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeself

Flowering timeynnnnnyyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years6 years

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate linear

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type938 records

Wild obs. + sensor348

Museum / vouchered586

Cultivated / captive4

Origin

Native309

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 544 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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 245≤1 km 9≤10 km 61>10 km 3

318 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor348

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 accuracy48% within 1 km

≤100 m 175≤1 km 58≤10 km 222>10 km 32

487 georeferenced · 99 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence586

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions11 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	238
Adelaide, AU	123
Canberra, AU	102
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	34
Mount Annan, AU	20
BGPAlocation not on record	17
Palmerston, AU	8
Brisbane, AU	7
Kew, GB	6
Claremont, US	3
Hobart, AU	2
EL PASO, US	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1

14 institutions · 563 of 586 vouchered records shown · 23 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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