Melichrus adpressus

A.Cunn. ex DC. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Melichrus

At a glance

Occurrence records404

Data sources3

Biological traits29

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Melichrus adpressus's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility404 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

On this page4 sections

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

Traits & measurements4 literature sources29 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF404 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology13

Fruit length4 mm

Fruit width4 mm

Leaf length23.5 mm

Leaf length max32 mm

Leaf length min15 mm

Leaf width4.05 mm

Leaf width max5.6 mm

Leaf width min2.5 mm

Petiole length0.075 cm

Plant height0.9 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass28.76 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering endSep

Flowering startJul

Flowering timennnnnnyyynnn

Life spanperennial

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 Melichrus adpressus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★rbcLa

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type404 records

Wild obs. + sensor187

Museum / vouchered152

Cultivated / captive2

Other63

Origin

Native29

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO948 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 accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 56≤1 km 21≤10 km 8>10 km 49

134 georeferenced · 53 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor187

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 accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 51≤1 km 15≤10 km 50>10 km 24

140 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence152

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 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 institutions9 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
Brisbane, AU	81
Mount Annan, AU	29
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	12
Canberra, AU	8
Armidale, AU	5
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	4
Hobart, AU	3
Adelaide, AU	3
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	2
Kew, GB	2
Palmerston, AU	2
Smithfield, AU	1

12 institutions · 152 of 152 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Melichrus adpressus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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