Melaleuca sophisma — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records17

Data sources3

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF17 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca sophisma is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is superficially similar to Melaleuca cliffortioides but differs from it in the arrangement of the flowers and in details of the leaves. The flowers are white, fading to cream and are arranged in small heads on the sides of the branches.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsWCVPTRY

Size & morphology4

Leaf length4.7 mm

Leaf width1.6 mm

Plant height2 m

Seed mass0.192 mg

Life cycle & reproduction2

Flowering timennnnnnnnnnyy

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment3

Climatesubtropical

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type17 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered14

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO24 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 14

14 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence14

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2

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 institutions3 of 4 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	8
Canberra, AU	4
Mount Annan, AU	1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 14 of 14 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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