Melaleuca scabra

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records252

Data sources5

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility252 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF252 records

01Narrative

Habit at Mylies Beach near East Mount Barren Fruit Bark Melaleuca scabra, commonly known as rough honey-myrtle, is a species of shrub that is endemic to a small area on the south coast of Western Australia. It has warty leaves and profuse, pink to purple heads of flowers between July and November.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology9

Leaf length16.5 mm

Leaf mass per area519 g/m2

Leaf width0.65 mm

Plant height1.5 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 1.5 m · TRY: 0.7 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass0.136 mg

Seed mass max0.14 mg

Seed mass min0.14 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnnnnnnyyy

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 shapelinear

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Specific leaf area (SLA)1.93 mm²/mg

Wood density863 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type252 records

Wild obs. + sensor120

Museum / vouchered128

Cultivated / captive4

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO708 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 72≤1 km 24≤10 km 18>10 km 2

116 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor120

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 accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 10≤10 km 50>10 km 24

99 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence128

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 · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 15 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	41
Brisbane, AU	22
Canberra, AU	20
Adelaide, AU	10
Kew, GB	9
Joondalup, AU	5
Mount Annan, AU	4
Hobart, AU	4
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	4
Armidale, AU	2
BGPAlocation not on record	2
Tampa, US	1
Wellington, NZ	1
Claremont, US	1
MAlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 127 of 128 vouchered records shown · 1 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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