Allocasuarina misera explained

Allocasuarina misera is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is a dioecious or monoecious shrub that has more or less erect branchlets up to long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of five to seven, the fruiting cones long containing winged seeds long.

Description

Allocasuarina misera is a dioecious or monoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of and has smooth bark. Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to long, the leaves reduced to erect, scale-like teeth long, arranged in whorls of five to seven around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls are long, wide. Male flowers are arranged in spikes long, in whorls of six to twelve per centimetre (per 0.39 in.), the anthers long. Mature cones are cylindrical and sessile or on a peduncle up to long, long and in diameter, the winged seeds dark reddish-brown to black, and long.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

Allocasuarina misera was first formally described in 1989 by Lawrie Johnson in the Flora of Australia from specimens collected near Anglesea in 1986.[3] [4] The specific epithet, (misera) means "wretched", referring to the appearance of this species compared to the related A. paradoxa.

Distribution and habitat

This casuarina is found heath or open woodland in sandy soil, often near the coast in isolated and scattered populations across Victoria.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Entwisle . Timothy J. . Stajsic . Val . Allocasuarina misera . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 22 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Allocasuarina misera . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 22 June 2023.
  3. Web site: Allocasuarina misera. APNI. 22 June 2023.
  4. Book: Wilson . Karen L. . Johnson . Lawrence A.S. . George. Alex S.. Flora of Australia . 3 . 1989 . Australian Government Publishing Service . Canberra . 197 . 22 June 2023.