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Melaleuca nervosa

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Family Myrtaceae

Taxonomy: Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Callistemon nervosum Lindl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Callistemon nervosus Lindl. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Melaleuca glauca Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca leucadendra var. nervosa (Lindl.) Domin (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Melaleuca leucadendra var. parvifolia Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca leucadendron var. nervosa Domin (taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca leucadendron var. parvifolia Benth. (pro parte taxonomic synonym)
  • Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel f. nervosa (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Melaleuca nervosa f. latifolia Byrnes (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Brock_1993 (12), Clarke_2015 (3), Crowley_2007 (2), Ilic_2000 (1), Kew_2019_1 (3), Lawes_2012 (20), Munroe_2019 (1), NTH_2014 (4), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (3), Rice_1991 (1), RussellSmith_2012 (4), Schmidt_2003 (20), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Sweedman_2006 (4), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2008 (8), Zieminska_2015 (36). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 53 traits from 152 records in 23 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): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.75 mm (3.5-4 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NTH_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 753 mm2 (753-753 mm2) [sources: Wright_2008]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 73 mm (42-105 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 18.25 mm (7-31 mm) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.75 cm (0.4-1.1 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 155.5 g/m2 (120.02-188.02 g/m2) [sources: Wright_2008; Zieminska_2015]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.08 g/g (0.05-0.13 g/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2014]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; Schmidt_2003]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2); tree (6) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2022; Schmidt_2003; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: NTH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (3) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2014; Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Wright_2008]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyynnn (1); nnnyyyyyynnn (1); nnyyyyyyynnn (1) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2014; WAH_1998]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: RussellSmith_2012]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): epicormic_buds (4) [sources: Clarke_2015; Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
nutrient and stable isotope
  • leaf_N_per_dry_mass (numerical): 9 mg/g (7-10 mg/g) [sources: Schmidt_2003; Wright_2008]
  • leaf_P_per_dry_mass (numerical): 0.83 mg/g (0.83-0.83 mg/g) [sources: Wright_2008]
  • leaf_delta13C (numerical): -28.42 {delta}[ppth] (-28.54--28.29 {delta}[ppth]) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 0.1 mg (0.05-0.17 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.63 mg/mm3 (0.51-0.69 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Zieminska_2015]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0-0 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_density (numerical): 103.46 {count}/mm2 (97.45-114.11 {count}/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_diameter (numerical): 44.04 um (42.45-46.04 um) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
  • stem_vessel_lumen_fraction (numerical): 0.16 mm2/mm2 (0.14-0.17 mm2/mm2) [sources: Zieminska_2015]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 7.58 m (1.5-10 m) [sources: Brock_1993; NTH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Zieminska_20151236K. Ziemińska, M. Westoby, and I. J. Wright. “Broad anatomical variation within a narrow wood density range - A study of twig wood across 69 Australian Angiosperms”. PLOS ONE 10.4 (2015), p. e0124892. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124892.
Lawes_2012120M. J. Lawes, J. J. Midgley, and P. J. Clarke. “Costs and benefits of relative bark thickness in relation to fire damage: A savanna/forest contrast”. Journal of Ecology 101 (2012), pp. 517-524. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12035.
Schmidt_20031120S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
NTH_2023914D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Brock_1993912J. Brock and A. Dunlop. Native plants of northern Australia. Reed New Holland, 1993. ISBN: 9781877069246.
Wright_200888I. J. Wright. “Unpublished data: Trait data for Northern Territory savanna species, Macquarie University”. 2008.
NTH_201444Northern Territory Herbarium. Flora of the Darwin Region Online. 2014. url: http://www.lrm.nt.gov.au/plants-and-animals/herbarium/darwin_flora_online.
RussellSmith_201244J. Russell-Smith, M. R. Gardener, C. Brock, K. Brennan, C. P. Yates, and B. Grace. “Fire persistence traits can be used to predict vegetation response to changing fire regimes at expansive landscape scales - an Australian example”. Journal of Biogeography 39 (2012), pp. 1657-1668. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02714.x.
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.
Clarke_201533P. 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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_201123C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
WAH_2022_233Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.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.
Ilic_200011J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Munroe_201911S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
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.