Melaleuca thapsina

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records111

Data sources4

Biological traits18

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility111 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources18 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF111 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca thapsina is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub with fibrous or papery bark, yellow to cream coloured flowers and tightly packed cylinders of fruiting capsules.Habit in a swamp near Munglinup Fruit

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height4 m

Plant height max4 m

Seed mass0.042 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennyyyyyyyyyn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type111 records

Wild obs. + sensor12

Museum / vouchered97

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO236 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 12

12 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor12

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 accuracy48% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 19≤10 km 35>10 km 6

79 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence97

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

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 institutions6 of 9 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	42
Canberra, AU	24
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	12
Adelaide, AU	5
Brisbane, AU	4
Mount Annan, AU	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	2
BGPAlocation not on record	1
Palmerston, AU	1

9 institutions · 94 of 97 vouchered records shown · 3 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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