Melaleuca torquata — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records139

Data sources4

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility139 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF139 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca torquata is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub whose leaves have a distinct mid-vein on the lower surface and which has heads of pinkish white flowerheads in early spring.Fruit Habit near Elverdton Road east of Ravensthorpe

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology4

Plant height1.55 m

Plant height max2.5 m

Plant height min0.6 m

Seed mass0.076 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnnyynn

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

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type139 records

Wild obs. + sensor31

Museum / vouchered108

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO352 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 30

30 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor31

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 accuracy69% within 1 km

≤100 m 31≤1 km 30≤10 km 25>10 km 2

88 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence108

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	54
Canberra, AU	38
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	6
Mount Annan, AU	3
Adelaide, AU	3
Taipei, TW	1
Brisbane, AU	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 107 of 108 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code