Melaleuca leuropoma

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records222

Data sources4

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility222 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF222 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca leuropoma is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small to medium-sized shrub which flowers over an extended period with flower colour varying from purple to yellow or white. The glossy, often brown petals covering the flower buds are also an unusual characteristic of this species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology5

Leaf mass per area256 g/m2

Leaf size241 mm²

Plant height0.925 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 0.925 m · TRY: 0.4 m

Plant height max0.35 m

Seed mass0.217 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.217 mg · AusTraits: 0.14 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flowering timeynnnnnnyyyyy

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry6

Leaf C:N ratio59.28 g/g

Leaf c484 mg/g

Leaf n7.09 mg/g

Leaf p0.163 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type222 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered214

Cultivated / captive5

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO420 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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3

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 accuracy56% within 1 km

≤100 m 53≤1 km 43≤10 km 57>10 km 18

171 georeferenced · 43 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence214

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

≤1 km 3

3 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

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 institutions12 of 16 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	93
Canberra, AU	69
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	24
BGPAlocation not on record	6
Mount Annan, AU	4
Adelaide, AU	2
Hobart, AU	1
Claremont, US	1
Kew, GB	1
Brisbane, AU	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Armidale, AU	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Honolulu, US	1

16 institutions · 208 of 214 vouchered records shown · 6 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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