Melaleuca hypericifolia

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Melaleuca hypericifolia Sm.

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Cajuputi hypericifolia (Salisb.) Skeels (nomenclatural synonym)
Metrosideros hypericifolia Salisb. (nomenclatural synonym)
Myrtoleucodendron hypericifolium (Sm.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
Ozandra hyssopifolia Raf. (doubtful taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), NSW, Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (2), Clarke_2015 (2), Collette_2021 (1), Hughes_1992 (3), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kubiak_2009 (1), Morgan_2011_1 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (12), NSWFRD_2014 (4), Ooi_2007 (60), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Wright_2000 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 51 traits from 157 records in 19 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

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1); partial_resprouting (2); resprouts (1) [sources: Clarke_2015; Kubiak_2009; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 25 mm (10-40 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 7 mm (4-10 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 0.1 cm (0.1-0.1 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblong (1); obovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): convex (1); flat (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): opposite (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): decussate (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (6) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1]
life_history (categorical): perennial (4) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); prostrate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; RBGV_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); yynnnnnnyyyy (3) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; White_2020]
seedbank_location (categorical): canopy_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: White_2020]
seed_dormancy_class (categorical): non_dormant (2) [sources: Collette_2021; Ooi_2007]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1); vegetative (1) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Clarke_2015]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.07 mg (0.02-0.2 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Ooi_2007]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 3.5 m (1-6 m) [sources: Hughes_1992; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Ooi_2007	2	60	M. K. J. Ooi, P. Myerscough, and T. Auld. “Unpublished data: Longterm seed mass field campaign, University of New South Wales”. 2007.
White_2020	20	20	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_2023	14	18	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	10	12	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wright_2000	8	8	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Morgan_2011_1	5	5	J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
NHNSW_2014_2	4	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	4	4	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. 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.
Hughes_1992	3	3	L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ANBG_2019	1	2	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
Clarke_2015	2	2	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
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.
Kubiak_2009	1	1	P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.