Melichrus adpressus
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Family Ericaceae
Taxonomy: Melichrus adpressus A.Cunn. ex DC.
Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Styphelia cunninghami F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
- Styphelia cunninghamii F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Melichrus urceolatus R.Br. (pro parte misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (5), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 24 traits from 32 records in 7 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 4 mm (4-4 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): drupe (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): fleshy (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_colour (categorical): green (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 23.5 mm (15-32 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 4.05 mm (2.5-5.6 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 0.08 cm (0-0.15 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_arrangement (categorical): imbricate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NHNSW_2022]
- flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnyyynnn (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
- seed_dry_mass (numerical): 28.76 mg (28.76-28.76 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.9 m (0.3-1.5 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NHNSW_2023 | 11 | 15 | 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/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 5 | 5 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 4 | 4 | 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/. |
| 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. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| ANBG_2019 | 1 | 1 | Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |