Melaleuca rhaphiophylla

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records1 010

Data sources7

Biological traits32

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 010 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources32 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS165 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 010 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca rhaphiophylla, commonly known as swamp paperbark is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It has narrow, needle-like leaves and profuse spikes of white or yellowish flowers at variable times throughout the year. As its common name suggests, it is usually found in salt marshes, or swamps or along watercourses and occurs over wide areas of the south-west.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit length4.5 mm

Fruit width4.5 mm

Leaf length15 mm

Leaf width0.85 mm

Petiole length0.15 cm

Plant height7.5 m

Plant height max10 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass0.318 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.318 mg · AusTraits: 0.212 mg · GIFT: 0.34 mg

Seed mass max0.34 mg

Seed mass min0.34 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeynnnnnyyyyyy

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 formtree

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

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapestrap-shaped terete

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition165 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Gallotannins37

Dimeric phloroglucinols11

Flavonols7

Flavan-3-ols4

Bactoprenols4

Documented compounds165 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-Catechin 3-Gallate	present	NPASS
(+)-Corlumine	present	LOTUS
(+)-Lupanine	present	LOTUS
(+)-Ursolic Acid	present	LOTUS
(-)-Hydrastine	present	LOTUS
(-)-Menthol	present	LOTUS
(10R,11R,13R,14R,15S)-3,4,5,11,14,20,21,22-octahydroxy-13-(hydroxymethyl)-9,12,16-trioxatetracyclo[16.4.0.02,7.010,15]docosa-1(22),2,4,6,18,20-hexaene-8,17-dione	present	NPASS
(1R,3aS,5aS,5bR,7aS,9S,11aR,11bS,13aR,13bR)-9-hydroxy-5b,8,8,11a-tetramethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a,5a-dicarboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2E,4E,6E)-5-(acetyloxymethyl)tetradeca-2,4,6-trienoic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R,3S,4S,4aR,10bS)-3,4,8,9,10-pentahydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-3,4,4a,10b-tetrahydropyrano[3,2-c]isochromen-6(2H)-one	present	NPASS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 010 records

Wild obs. + sensor520

Museum / vouchered488

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native25

Introduced6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 452 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 356≤1 km 81≤10 km 12>10 km 20

469 georeferenced · 51 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor520

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 73≤1 km 78≤10 km 188>10 km 42

381 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence488

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 17 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	235
Canberra, AU	91
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	66
Mount Annan, AU	29
Brisbane, AU	18
Adelaide, AU	17
BGPAlocation not on record	8
Hobart, AU	6
Kew, GB	6
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	2
LDlocation not on record	2
MAlocation not on record	1
Taipei, TW	1
Armidale, AU	1
Rotorua, NZ	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Palmerston, AU	1

17 institutions · 486 of 488 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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Melaleuca rhaphiophylla

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

Compound class profile5 classes

Documented compounds165 total

Record type1 010 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 17 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type1 010 records