Melaleuca tortifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records93

Data sources4

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility93 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF93 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca tortifolia is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area on the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales in Australia. It has egg-shaped, twisted leaves and heads, or short spikes of white or creamy-white flowers in December. It is classified as a threatened species.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit width5.5 mm

Leaf length11.5 mm

Leaf length max15 mm

Leaf length min8 mm

Leaf width3 mm

Leaf width max4 mm

Leaf width min2 mm

Petiole length0.15 cm

Plant height4.5 m

Plant height max4.5 m

Seed mass0.252 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnnnnyn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeovate

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type93 records

Wild obs. + sensor32

Museum / vouchered58

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO64 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 28≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 1

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 accuracy61% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 15≤10 km 13>10 km 1

36 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence58

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

≤100 m 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 institutions7 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	16
Armidale, AU	16
Canberra, AU	9
Brisbane, AU	7
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	3
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	2
Kew, GB	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Adelaide, AU	1

10 institutions · 57 of 58 vouchered records shown · 1 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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