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Melaleuca densa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Melaleuca densa R.Br.

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Melaleuca densa R.Br. var. densa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Melaleuca densa var. dorrien-smithii Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca epacridioides Turcz. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca propinqua Schauer (taxonomic synonym)
  • Myrtoleucodendron densum (R.Br.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, Vic (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Barrett_2009 (4), Collette_2021 (1), Kew_2019_1 (1), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wheeler_2002 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 28 traits from 55 records in 13 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (3-5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 5.75 mm (2-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 4.12 mm (1-7.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); obovate (1); ovate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): unlobed (1) [sources: Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): compound (1); simple (1) [sources: RBGV_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): concave (1); flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): crowded (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (5) [sources: Barrett_2009; RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; Wheeler_2002]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023; Wheeler_2002]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: RBGV_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyn (1) [sources: WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: Barrett_2009]
  • seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.19 mg (0.19-0.19 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 1.82 m (0.4-3 m) [sources: RBGV_2023; WAH_2023_2; Wheeler_2002]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231419VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wheeler_2002810J. R. Wheeler, N. G. Marchant, and M. Lewington. Flora of the south west: Bunbury, Augusta, Denmark. Australian Biological Resources Study ; University of Western Australia Press, 2002. ISBN: 9780642568168.
Barrett_200944S. Barrett, S. Comer, N. McQuoid, M. Porter, C. Tiller, and D. Utber. Identification and Conservation of Fire Sensitive Ecosystems and Species of the South Coast Natural Resource Management Region.. government. Department of Conservation and Land Management, South Coast Region, Western Australia, 2009.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Sweedman_200624L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
RBGV_202233VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_212Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Collette_202111J. C. Collette and M. K. J. Ooi. “Distribution of seed dormancy classes across a fire-prone continent: effects of rainfall seasonality and temperature”. Annals of Botany 127.5 (2021), pp. 613-620. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa203.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
WAH_199811Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.