Melaleuca ryeae

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records101

Data sources4

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility101 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF101 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca ryeae is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub, closely resembling Melaleuca amydra with its small leaves and profuse heads of pink to purple flowers but M.amydra has narrower leaves (1.5-2 mm) and does not have spherical clusters of fruits.Fruit Habit near Arrowsmith

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology2

Plant height1.75 m

Plant height max2 m

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flowering timennnnyyyyyynn

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 & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type101 records

Wild obs. + sensor3

Museum / vouchered95

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO204 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 3

3 georeferenced

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 accuracy41% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 22≤10 km 39>10 km 5

74 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence95

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

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 13 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	37
Canberra, AU	22
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	12
Adelaide, AU	6
BGPAlocation not on record	4
Mount Annan, AU	2
Hobart, AU	1
Brisbane, AU	1
Armidale, AU	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Auckland, NZ	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 90 of 95 vouchered records shown · 5 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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