Melaleuca villosisepala

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records222

Data sources4

Biological traits21

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility222 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources21 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF222 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca villosisepala is a shrub in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with narrow leaves, heads of pink to mauve flowers that fade to white and is similar to Melaleuca wonganensis except that its heads of flowers are smaller and pinkish rather than deep purple.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Plant height0.5 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Seed mass0.127 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Flowering timennnnnnnnnnyn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years6 years

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type222 records

Wild obs. + sensor46

Museum / vouchered173

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Native5

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO472 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 44

44 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor46

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 49≤1 km 34≤10 km 53>10 km 1

137 georeferenced · 36 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence173

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 3

3 georeferenced

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 institutions12 of 17 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	91
Canberra, AU	46
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	13
Mount Annan, AU	4
Adelaide, AU	3
Hobart, AU	1
Cambridge, US	1
Brisbane, AU	1
Kew, GB	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Armidale, AU	1
Auckland, NZ	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1
Palmerston, AU	1

17 institutions · 169 of 173 vouchered records shown · 4 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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