Melaleuca xerophila — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Melaleuca

At a glance

Occurrence records277

Data sources5

Biological traits24

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility277 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF277 records

01Narrative

Melaleuca xerophila is a shrub or small tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is native to arid parts of South Australia and Western Australia. It is a large shrub with narrow leaves and heads of white or cream-coloured flowers in spring.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Plant height4 m

Plant height max6 m

Plant height min2 m

Seed mass0.1 mg

Seed mass max0.1 mg

Seed mass min0.1 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeself

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

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

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type277 records

Wild obs. + sensor52

Museum / vouchered225

Origin

Native43

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO736 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 51≤10 km 1

52 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor52

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 accuracy53% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 59≤10 km 81>10 km 12

198 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence225

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 institutions10 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	80
Kensington, AU	65
Canberra, AU	45
Mount Annan, AU	8
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	6
Palmerston, AU	6
Brisbane, AU	4
Hobart, AU	2
Armidale, AU	2
Taipei, TW	1
Kew, GB	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 221 of 225 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code