Melaleuca wilsonii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records776

Data sources7

Biological traits32

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility776 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources32 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF776 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Melaleuca wilsonii, commonly known as Wilson's honey-myrtle or violet honey-myrtle, is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, native to parts of South Australia and Victoria. It is a shrub with narrow, pointed leaves and heads of purplish-pink flowers on the sides of the branches. It is adaptable to a wide range of soils, frost hardy and often cultivated.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology9

Fruit length4 mm

Fruit width4.5 mm

Leaf length15 mm

Leaf width2 mm

Plant height2 m

Plant height max2 m

Seed mass0.078 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.078 mg · AusTraits: 0.039 mg · GIFT: 0.08 mg

Seed mass max0.08 mg

Seed mass min0.08 mg

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeself

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate linear

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Melaleuca wilsonii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Melaleuca wilsonii carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 221×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Brighton 1976

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type776 records

Wild obs. + sensor530

Museum / vouchered232

Cultivated / captive14

Origin

Native65

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 712 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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 291≤1 km 104≤10 km 80>10 km 5

480 georeferenced · 50 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor530

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 accuracy38% within 1 km

≤100 m 32≤1 km 45≤10 km 97>10 km 31

205 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence232

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 5≤1 km 4

9 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living14

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 institutions15 of 20 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	65
Adelaide, AU	62
Canberra, AU	37
Mount Annan, AU	25
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	6
Parkville, AU	5
Armidale, AU	5
Tampa, US	4
Hobart, AU	3
Brisbane, AU	3
Stockholm, SE	2
Riverside, US	2
Rotorua, NZ	2
Kensington, AU	1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1
Fort Worth, US	1

20 institutions · 228 of 232 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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