Allocasuarina simulans L.A.S.Johnson

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Allocasuarina

Characteristics

Similar to A. distyla . Branchlets to 19 cm long; articles 13-22 mm long, 0.9-1.3 mm diam., with furrows pubescent or glabrous (often both conditions on same plant); phyllichnia rounded to angular; teeth 6, 0.5-1.1 mm long. Male spikes 1.5-4.5 cm long, c. 4 whorls per cm; anther c. 1.3 mm long. Cones often irregular with sterile apex to 12 mm long; peduncle 3-14 mm long and c. 2 mm diam.; cone body 14-33 mm long, 9-12 mm diam.; bracteoles broadly acute to obtuse. Samara 4.5-6 mm long.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Grows in heath in sand.
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Distribution

Allocasuarina simulans world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:937343-1
WFO ID wfo-0000526483
COL ID BVCV
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Synonyms

Allocasuarina simulans