Melaleuca sparsiflora

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records73

Data sources5

Biological traits17

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility73 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources17 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF73 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 20

01Narrative

Melaleuca sparsiflora is a shrub in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It generally grows in heavy soils on the edges of salt lakes and has only one or two flowers at the ends of it branches, unlike the many-flowered heads or spikes of others in the genus Melaleuca.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height2.35 m

Plant height max4 m

Plant height min0.7 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Melaleuca sparsiflora has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Melaleuca sparsiflora carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 20 n = 10

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 201×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Rye, B. L. 1979. Chromosome number variation in the Myrtaceae and its taxonomic implications. Austral. J. Bot. 27: 547–573.

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type73 records

Wild obs. + sensor10

Museum / vouchered62

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO196 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 8

8 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor10

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 accuracy71% within 1 km

≤100 m 17≤1 km 17≤10 km 9>10 km 5

48 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence62

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 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions6 of 8 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	29
Canberra, AU	23
Adelaide, AU	3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	2
Brisbane, AU	2
Mount Annan, AU	1
Kew, GB	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 62 of 62 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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