Allocasuarina thuyoides

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Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species: Allocasuarina thuyoides
Name

Allocasuarina thuyoides (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 6: 78 (1982).
Synonyms

Basionym
Casuarina thuyoides Miq. in J.G.C.Lehmann, Pl. Preiss. 1: 641 (1845).
Heterotypic
Casuarina echinata R.Br. ex Benth., Fl. Austral. 6: 202 (1873).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Allocasuarina thuyoides

Continental: Australasia
Regional: Australia
Western Australia (Murchison R. south to near Albany and E to Esperance)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Johnson, L.A.S. 1982. Notes on Casuarinaceae II. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 6(1): 73–88. JSTOR PDF Reference page. : 6: 78.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Allocasuarina thuyoides in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Sep 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Allocasuarina thuyoides. Published online. Accessed: Sep 29 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Allocasuarina thuyoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Sep 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Allocasuarina thuyoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Allocasuarina thuyoides, commonly known as the horned sheoak, is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to a large area in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.[3]

The monoecious or dioecious shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2 metres (1.0 to 6.6 ft). It flowers from January to December and produces cones with long spines. A. thuyoides is found heathland, sandplains and foothills and grows in clay or sandy lateritic soils.
Taxonomy

First described as Casuarina thuyoides in 1845 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel,[4][5] it was assigned to the new genus, Allocasuarina, by L.A.S.Johnson, in 1982.[1][2]
References

Johnson, L.A.S. (1982) Notes on Casuarinaceae II. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 6(1): 78.
"Allocasuarina thuyoides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
"Allocasuarina thuyoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
"Casuarina thuyoides". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
Miquel, F.A.W. (1845) in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.), Casuarinaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(4): 641.