Melaleuca groveana

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records557

Data sources5

Biological traits40

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility557 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources40 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF557 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca groveana, commonly known as Grove's paperbark is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. It is an uncommon species with relatively large heads of white flowers in spring, the styles of which are significantly longer than the stamens.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology16

Fruit width3.5 mm

Leaf length37.5 mm

Leaf length max55 mm

Leaf length min20 mm

Leaf mass per area134 g/m2

Leaf size190 mm²

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 190 mm² · AusTraits: 202 mm²

Leaf width5.5 mm

Leaf width max8 mm

Leaf width min3 mm

Petiole length0.225 cm

Plant height10 m

Plant height max5 m

Plant height min2 m

Seed mass0.05 mg

Seed mass max0.05 mg

Seed mass min0.05 mg

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formshrub or tree

Life span>20

⚠ sources differ — TRY: >20 · AusTraits: perennial · GIFT: perennial

Lifespan years20 years

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Reproductive maturity6.5 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_elliptical

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)7.8 mm²/mg

Wood density562 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type557 records

Wild obs. + sensor393

Museum / vouchered151

Cultivated / captive5

Other8

Origin

Native42

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO608 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 384≤1 km 6≤10 km 2>10 km 1

393 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor393

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 accuracy55% within 1 km

≤100 m 45≤1 km 28≤10 km 46>10 km 14

133 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence151

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 2≤1 km 3

5 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living5

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 institutions7 of 10 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	47
Mount Annan, AU	41
Canberra, AU	31
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	10
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	9
Armidale, AU	7
Wuzhou, CN	1
IPA/SPlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Adelaide, AU	1

10 institutions · 149 of 151 vouchered records shown · 2 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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