Allocasuarina acuaria
Allocasuarina acuaria is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to the Wheatbelt, Goldfields-Esperance and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.[1]
| Allocasuarina acuaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Genus: | Allocasuarina |
| Species: | A. acuaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Allocasuarina acuaria | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
The dioecious shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft). The cone is often obscured by the elongate bracteoles. It is found in heath areas of white-yellow sand.
The species was first formally described as Casuarina acuaria by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1867 in the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. It was reclassified in 1982 into the genus Allocasuarina by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[2]
References
- "Allocasuarina acuaria". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- "Allocasuarina acuaria (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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