Medinilla balls-headleyi

As recorded: Medinilla balls-headleyi F.Muell.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Myrtales › Melastomataceae

Collected by: Gray, B.
Collector number: 20044V
Date: September 28, 1978
Locality: QLD, Cape York, SFR 143, Little Mossmsn LA
Region: Queensland, Australia
Coordinates: -16.5333, 145.3670
Elevation: 400 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

Where it was collected

Still here: Medinilla balls-headleyi observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1978. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 5 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2025-09-01.

2025-09-01

Syndicate QLD 4873, Australia

(c) Steve Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2025-09-01

Syndicate QLD 4873, Australia

(c) Steve Fitzgerald, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

2023-08-16

Syndicate QLD 4873, Australia

(c) Marley Ford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

2023-07-14

Daintree National Park, Syndicate, QLD, AU

(c) Ashwin Srinivasan, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-08-13

Daintree National Park, Syndicate, QLD, AU

(c) ryanthughes, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Medinilla balls-headleyi. BISH 727787. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956444202. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/727787.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956444202 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026