Melaleuca spicigera — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records191

Data sources4

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility191 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF191 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca spicigera is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It has wavy, stem-clasping, blue-green leaves and spikes of pink flowers in spring.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology5

Plant height0.85 m

Plant height max1.2 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Seed length0.66 mm

Seed width0.32 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnyyyyn

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type191 records

Wild obs. + sensor26

Museum / vouchered162

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO508 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 6≤10 km 4>10 km 1

26 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor26

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤100 m 30≤1 km 44≤10 km 48>10 km 2

124 georeferenced · 38 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence162

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 · 1 without coordinates

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 11 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	85
Canberra, AU	57
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	8
Mount Annan, AU	4
BGPAlocation not on record	2
Joondalup, AU	1
Kew, GB	1
Armidale, AU	1
Adelaide, AU	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Palmerston, AU	1

11 institutions · 162 of 162 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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