Melaleuca platycalyx

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records181

Data sources5

Biological traits25

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility181 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources25 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF181 records

01Narrative

Fruit Melaleuca platycalyx is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, twiggy shrub with short spikes of purple or pink flowers in spring. The distinguishing features of this species include petals that are bent downwards, an unusually large number of stamens in each flower and unusually large fruits arranged in alternating pairs.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Plant height1.5 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass0.071 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.071 mg · AusTraits: 0.077 mg · GIFT: 0.07 mg

Seed mass max0.07 mg

Seed mass min0.07 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeynnnnnnnyyyy

Life formshrub

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 & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type181 records

Wild obs. + sensor18

Museum / vouchered160

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO492 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 accuracy61% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 4≤10 km 6>10 km 1

18 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor18

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 36≤1 km 16≤10 km 74>10 km 5

131 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence160

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 2

2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living3

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 institutions9 of 11 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	98
Canberra, AU	34
Mount Annan, AU	6
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	6
Adelaide, AU	6
Brisbane, AU	2
BGPAlocation not on record	2
Hobart, AU	1
Wellington, NZ	1
Claremont, US	1
Kew, GB	1

11 institutions · 158 of 160 vouchered records shown · 2 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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