Melaleuca pallida

(Bonpl.) Craven · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records320

Data sources4

Biological traits46

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility320 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources46 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF320 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca pallida, commonly known as lemon bottlebrush, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. (Some Australian state herbaria use the name Callistemon pallidus.) It is an upright shrub with thin, spreading branches, silvery new growth and pale yellow, sometimes pinkish bottlebrush flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology17

Fruit length5 mm

Fruit width5 mm

Leaf length70 mm

Leaf length max70 mm

Leaf length min30 mm

Leaf mass per area177 g/m2

Leaf size239 mm²

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 239 mm² · AusTraits: 353 mm²

Leaf width15 mm

Leaf width max15 mm

Leaf width min9 mm

Plant height6.5 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 6.5 m · TRY: 4.5 m

Plant height max8 m

Seed length1.41 mm

Seed mass0.07 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.07 mg · AusTraits: 0.078 mg · GIFT: 0.065 mg

Seed mass max0.11 mg

Seed mass min0.02 mg

Seed width0.251 mm

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timeyynnnnnnyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect+vertebrate

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite+monoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_elliptical oblanceolate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry8

Leaf c567 mg/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)899 mg/g

Leaf n11.95 mg/g

Leaf p0.511 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)5.78 mm²/mg

Wood density750 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type320 records

Wild obs. + sensor307

Museum / vouchered13

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO736 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 186≤1 km 18≤10 km 12>10 km 6

222 georeferenced · 85 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor307

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 2>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence13

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 institutions3 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Auckland, NZ	5
MAlocation not on record	1
Berlin, DE	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 9 of 13 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

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