Allocasuarina mackliniana L.A.S.Johnson

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Allocasuarina

Characteristics

Dioecious or rarely monoecious shrub 0.5-3 m high. Bark smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 20 cm long; articles 7-17 mm long, 0.8-1.4 mm diam., smooth, pubescent or glabrous in furrows; phyllichnia slightly rounded; teeth 7-10, recurved to spreading, usually overlapping at least at bases, 0.7-2 mm long, strongly marcescent. Male spikes very dense and thick, 1-4 cm long, 4.5-10 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.8-1.5 mm long. Cones cylindrical, occasionally broader than long, sessile or on peduncle to 3 mm long; cone body 12-22 (rarely to 30) mm long, 8-14 mm diam.; bracteoles obtuse to broadly acute, pyramidal protuberance slightly shorter than bracteole body. Samara 5-7.5 mm long, dark red-brown to black.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Allocasuarina mackliniana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:937337-1
WFO ID wfo-0000526462
COL ID BVCB
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Synonyms

Allocasuarina mackliniana

Lower taxons

Allocasuarina mackliniana subsp. mackliniana