Melaleuca thyoides

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records270

Data sources6

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility270 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF270 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca thyoides, commonly known as salt lake honey-myrtle is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with grey, papery or fibrous bark and very small, overlapping leaves on thin branchlets. It is a salt tolerant species often found on the edges of salt lakes.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Plant height4 m

Plant height max5 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed mass0.252 mg

Seed mass max0.33 mg

Seed mass min0.17 mg

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeself

Flowering timeynnnnnnyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromebird+insect+mammal

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree · TRY: xerophyte

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type270 records

Wild obs. + sensor32

Museum / vouchered236

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native6

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO732 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 30≤10 km 2

32 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor32

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 accuracy54% within 1 km

≤100 m 48≤1 km 53≤10 km 74>10 km 11

186 georeferenced · 50 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence236

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 · 1 without coordinates

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 institutions8 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	103
Canberra, AU	60
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	27
Adelaide, AU	12
BGPAlocation not on record	10
Brisbane, AU	8
Mount Annan, AU	6
Hobart, AU	2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Taipei, TW	1
Kew, GB	1

11 institutions · 231 of 236 vouchered records shown · 5 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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