Allocasuarina grevilleoides

Allocasuarina grevilleoides is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to a small area in the western Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.[1]

Allocasuarina grevilleoides
Allocasuarina grevilleoides female plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. grevilleoides
Binomial name
Allocasuarina grevilleoides

The dioecious lignotuberous shrub typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 0.4 metres (0.5 to 1.3 ft). It is found in sandy and gravelly lateritic soils.

The species was first formally described as Casuarina grevilleoides by the botanist Ludwig Diels in 1904 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Pflanzen Westaustraliens, ihrer Verbreitung und ihrer Lebensverhaltnisse. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. It was reclassified in 1982 into the genus Allocasuarina by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[2]

  • female flower
  • Male flowers

References
  1. "Allocasuarina grevilleoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Allocasuarina grevilleoides (Diels) L.A.S.Johnson". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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