Allocasuarina verticillata

Allocasuarina verticillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. verticillata
Binomial name
Allocasuarina verticillata
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
List
    • Casuarina excelsa Salisb. nom. illeg., nom. superfl.
    • Casuarina gunnii Miq.
    • Casuarina macrocarpa Miq. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Casuarina macrocarpa Miq. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Casuarina quadrivalvis Labill.
    • Casuarina quadrivalvis var. macrocarpa Miq.
    • Casuarina quadrivalvis Labill. var. quadrivalvis
    • Casuarina quadrivalvis var. spectabilis Miq.
    • Casuarina stricta Aiton
    • Casuarina stricta Aiton var. stricta
    • Casuarina tortuosa A.Henry
    • Casuarina verticillata Lam.

Allocasuarina verticillata, commonly known as drooping sheoak, is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small dioecious tree that has drooping branchlets up to 400 mm (16 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of nine to thirteen, the mature fruiting cones 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) long containing winged seeds 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long.

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