Melaleuca microphylla

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records127

Data sources7

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility127 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF127 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Melaleuca microphylla is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with small, crowded leaves and bears a close resemblance to the commonly cultivated Melaleuca ericifolia of the eastern states.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Leaf length3.5 mm

Leaf width0.4 mm

Plant height5 m

Plant height max5 m

Plant height min1.5 m

Seed mass0.059 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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 microphylla has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Melaleuca microphylla 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 range22median22mode3records

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

2n 223×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-ipcn65 — Mousel 1965

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Brighton

CCDB · book-fedorov — Mousse! 1965

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 type127 records

Wild obs. + sensor12

Museum / vouchered114

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native4

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO380 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 accuracy64% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 6≤10 km 4

11 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor12

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 accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 16≤10 km 45>10 km 9

85 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence114

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 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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	45
Canberra, AU	17
Adelaide, AU	12
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	10
Mount Annan, AU	5
Rotorua, NZ	5
Brisbane, AU	4
BGPAlocation not on record	4
Claremont, US	3
Wellington, NZ	2
Christchurch, NZ	2
Hobart, AU	1
Joondalup, AU	1
Kew, GB	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
LDlocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 114 of 114 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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