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At one time, all species were placed in the genus Casuarina. Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson separated out many of those species and renamed them into the new genera of Gymnostoma in 1980 and 1982, [3] [4] Allocasuarina in 1982, [4] and Ceuthostoma in 1988, with some additional formal descriptions of new species in each other genus. [5]
The genera Allocasuarina was created out of a grouping of plants formerly placed in Casuarina, because of subtle but consistent differences – Casuarina species have 6 to 20 scale-like teeth in each whorl of leaves, their samaras are grey or yellowish-brown, and the bracteoles of the fruiting cones are thin, woody and extend well beyond the ...
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Allocasuarina zephyrea is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a dioecious shrub that has branchlets up to 190 mm (7.5 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to nine or ten, the fruiting cones 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long containing winged seeds 4.0–5.5 mm (0.16–0. ...
Allocasuarina muelleriana is dioecious, rarely a monoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–4 m (1 ft 8 in – 13 ft 1 in) high and has smooth bark. . Its branchlets are more or less erect and up to 120 mm (4.7 in) long, the leaves reduced to scale-like teeth 0.3–0.6 mm (0.012–0.024 in) long, arranged in whorls of five to eight around the branchle
Allocasuarina diminuta is a dioecious or monoecious shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of 1–5 m (3 ft 3 in – 16 ft 5 in) and has smooth bark. . Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to 230 mm (9.1 in) long, the leaves reduced to erect to spreading, scale-like teeth 0.3–0.8 mm (0.012–0.031 in) long, arranged in whorls of six to ten around the branchl
Allocasuarina paludosa is a spreading, monoecious or dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–4 m (1 ft 0 in – 13 ft 1 in). Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to erect or spreading, scale-like teeth 0.5–0.9 mm (0.020–0.035 in) long, arranged in whorls of six to eight around the branchlets.
Allocasuarina ophiolitica is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to a small area of eastern New South Wales. It is a dioecious shrub with branchlets up to 190 mm (7.5 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to nine, the fruiting cones 9–20 mm (0.35–0.79 in) long containing winged seeds 3 ...