Melaleuca genialis
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Family Myrtaceae
Taxonomy: Melaleuca genialis Lepschi
Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Melaleuca sp. Dongolocking (G.J.Keighery & N.Gibson 2896) WA Herbarium (taxonomic synonym)
Distribution (APC): WA
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: Collette_2021 (1), Craven_2010 (8), WAH_2022_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 8 traits from 15 records in 5 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 8.35 mm (6.7-10 mm) [sources: Craven_2010]
- leaf_width (numerical): 0.95 mm (0.8-1.1 mm) [sources: Craven_2010]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3) [sources: Craven_2010; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Craven_2010; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnynn (1) [sources: Craven_2010]
- seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (1) [sources: Collette_2021]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 1.2 m (1.2-1.2 m) [sources: Craven_2010]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craven_2010 | 6 | 8 | L. A. Craven, B. J. Lepschi, and K. J. Cowley. “Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) of Western Australia: Five new species, three new combinations, one new name and a new state record.”. Nuytsia 20 (2010), pp. 27-36. |
| WAH_2022_2 | 3 | 3 | Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Collette_2021 | 1 | 1 | J. 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. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |