Melaleuca halmaturorum

F.Muell. ex Miq. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records2 361

Data sources9

Biological traits38

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 361 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources38 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 361 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Melaleuca halmaturorum, commonly known as South Australian swamp paperbark, kangaroo honey-myrtle or salt paper-bark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria. It is often a tree with an unusual, crooked form, sometimes looking like an enlarged example of bonsai.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology14

Fruit length3.5 mm

Fruit width3.75 mm

Leaf length7 mm

Leaf mass1.99 mg

Leaf mass per area328 g/m2

Leaf size6.01 mm²

Leaf width2 mm

Petiole length0.1 cm

Plant height5.25 m

Plant height max7 m

Plant height min1.5 m

Seed mass0.1 mg

Seed mass max0.1 mg

Seed mass min0.1 mg

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · AusTraits: shrub · TRY: xerophyte

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate linear narrowly_oblanceolate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry4

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)3.04 mm²/mg

Wood density791 mg/cm³

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Melaleuca halmaturorum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Acyl phloroglucinols1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
1-(2-Hydroxy-4,6-dimethoxy-3-methylphenyl)-2-methylpropan-1-one		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Melaleuca halmaturorum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Melaleuca halmaturorum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 222×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Brighton & Ferguson 1976

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Brighton

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 361 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 535

Museum / vouchered818

Cultivated / captive8

Origin

Native1 318

Introduced2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 368 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 701≤1 km 570≤10 km 218>10 km 6

1 495 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 535

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 accuracy44% within 1 km

≤100 m 165≤1 km 172≤10 km 351>10 km 74

762 georeferenced · 56 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence818

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 3

4 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living8

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 institutions15 of 20 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	364
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	119
Kensington, AU	106
Canberra, AU	102
Mount Annan, AU	36
Brisbane, AU	10
Hobart, AU	5
Palmerston, AU	5
Armidale, AU	4
BGPAlocation not on record	3
EL PASO, US	2
Taipei, TW	2
Parkville, AU	2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	2
MeiseBGlocation not on record	2
Kew, GB	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Williamsburg, US	1
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

20 institutions · 769 of 818 vouchered records shown · 49 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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Melaleuca halmaturorum

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology14

Life cycle & reproduction9

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry4

Compound class profile1 class

Documented compounds1 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type2 361 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions15 of 20 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type2 361 records