Phyllanthus hirtellus

F.Muell. ex Müll.Arg. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Phyllanthaceae/Phyllanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records11 551

Data sources5

Biological traits36

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections1

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Phyllanthus hirtellus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 551 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources36 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF11 551 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

Phyllanthus hirtellus is a species of flowering plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is a miniature heath shrub, growing in erect or sprawling form. Stems are up to 30 cm long, leaves under 8 mm long. It is commonly found in heath or dry woodland in eastern Australia. The specific epithet hirtellus is derived from Latin, meaning finely hairy.Les Robinson – Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 168

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology13

Fruit length1.8 mm

Fruit width3.3 mm

Leaf length8 mm

Leaf length max8 mm

Leaf length min2 mm

Leaf mass1.69 mg

Leaf mass per area147 g/m2

Leaf size12.56 mm²

Leaf width4.85 mm

Plant height0.5 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 0.5 m · TRY: 0.8 m

Plant height max0.8 m

Seed length2 mm

Seed mass1.5 mg

Life cycle & reproduction9

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeyynnnnnnyyyy

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Reproductive maturity1 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typedioecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_oblanceolate widely_obovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)7.76 mm²/mg

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Phyllanthus hirtellus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

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.

★matK★rbcLtrnH-psbA

plant barcodemarker

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type11 551 records

Wild obs. + sensor10 764

Museum / vouchered781

Cultivated / captive6

Origin

Native199

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO19 168 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 9 255≤1 km 945≤10 km 196>10 km 38

10 434 georeferenced · 330 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor10 764

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 accuracy36% within 1 km

≤100 m 119≤1 km 112≤10 km 350>10 km 64

645 georeferenced · 136 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence781

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 3

6 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living6

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 institutions13 of 22 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	195
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	194
Canberra, AU	159
Brisbane, AU	80
Armidale, AU	61
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	40
Batemans Bay, AU	16
Wollongong, AU	10
Parkville, AU	5
Palmerston, AU	5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
Kensington, AU	2
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	2
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Queensland Herbariumlocation not on record	1
NSW Office of Environment and Heritagelocation not on record	1
Hobart, AU	1
Wlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Universität Tübingenlocation not on record	1
Adelaide, AU	1
Fort Worth, US	1
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	1

22 institutions · 781 of 781 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 Phyllanthus hirtellus 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

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median20.0 °C 20.0–20.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.3 °C

Max temp (day)25.2 °C

Min temp (night)15.7 °C

Precipitation88.4 mm/mo

Air humidity59.3 %

Moisture balance-46.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit951 Pa

Wind speed2.10 m/s

Cloud cover18.9 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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Phyllanthus hirtellus

At a glance

Sources5 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction9

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry3

At a glance

Record type11 551 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions13 of 22 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type11 551 records