Allocasuarina tessellata (C.A.Gardner) L.A.S.Johnson

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Allocasuarina

Characteristics

Similar to A. campestris . Dioecious shrub or tree, 3-5 m high. Branchlets ascending; articles 7-14 mm long, 0.7-1 mm diam., glabrous; phyllichnia rounded; teeth 8 or 9. Male spikes 2-4 cm long, 7 or 8 whorls per cm; anther c. 0.8 mm long, much broader than long. Cones occasionally with sterile apex to 5 mm long; peduncle 7-13 mm long; cone body 26-55 mm long, 14-18 mm diam.; bracts thickened; bracteoles obtuse, body and protuberance not distinguishable, the whole divided into 3-5 tightly packed, thickened bodies. Samara 5-7.5 mm long.
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Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Grows on rocky hillsides.
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Distribution

Allocasuarina tessellata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:909966-1
WFO ID wfo-0000526486
COL ID BVCY
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Synonyms

Allocasuarina tessellata Casuarina tessellata Casuarina campestris subsp. tessellata