Allocasuarina tortiramula E.M.Benn.

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Casuarinaceae > Allocasuarina

Characteristics

Dioecious shrub c. 1.7 m high. Branchlets spreading, twisted, to 10 cm long; articles 6-10 mm long, 0.8-1 mm diam., smooth, glabrous or shortly pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia rounded with median groove; teeth 7, spreading to erect, not overlapping, 0.5-0.8 mm long, marcescent. Male spikes 5-9 mm long, dense; anther 1.1-1.2 mm long. Cones cylindrical, sessile; cone body 10-15 mm long, c. 10 mm diam.; bracts inconspicuous; bracteoles obtuse, protuberance obtuse, shorter than bracteole body. Samara 5.5-6 mm long, mid-brown.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination entomogamy
Spread barochory
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Mature height (meter) 1.7
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Found in dense tall heath in loam soil on granite.
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Distribution

Allocasuarina tortiramula world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:937326-1
WFO ID wfo-0000526489
COL ID BVD3
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Synonyms

Allocasuarina tortiramula