Melaleuca huegelii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records369

Data sources9

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility369 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 sources31 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF369 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Melaleuca huegelii, commonly known as chenille honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west coastal areas of Western Australia. It has small, almost scale-like leaves and flower spikes sometimes more than 100 mm long on the ends many of its branches.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology8

Leaf length4 mm

Leaf width3.25 mm

Plant height5 m

Plant height max5 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Seed mass0.42 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.42 mg · AusTraits: 0.42 mg · GIFT: 2.77 mg

Seed mass max5.12 mg

Seed mass min0.42 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeynnnnnnnyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

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

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical

Mycorrhiza typeectomycorrhizal

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Leaf n14.1 mg/g

Leaf p1.4 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Gallotannins2

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
3-Methylellagic acid		present	LOTUS
Ellagic acid		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 huegelii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Melaleuca huegelii 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-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 221×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

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 type369 records

Wild obs. + sensor290

Museum / vouchered73

Cultivated / captive6

Origin

Native15

Introduced47

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO780 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 142≤1 km 103≤10 km 4>10 km 7

256 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor290

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 accuracy23% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 3≤10 km 26>10 km 7

43 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence73

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living6

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 institutions20 of 23 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	24
BGPAlocation not on record	11
Adelaide, AU	7
Brisbane, AU	6
Kensington, AU	2
MAlocation not on record	2
Kew, GB	2
Santa Barbara, US	2
San Luis Obispo, US	2
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record	2
Riverside, US	1
Cape Town, ZA	1
Logan, US	1
Claremont, US	1
Chapingo, MX	1
Mexico City, MX	1
Tampa, US	1
Cape Town, ZA	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Armidale, AU	1
Rotorua, NZ	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Miami, US	1

23 institutions · 73 of 73 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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