Allocasuarina globosa

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Allocasuarina globosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. globosa
Binomial name
Allocasuarina globosa

Allocasuarina globosa is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. [1]

The dioecious shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3 to 16 ft). It is found in clay, loam or lateritic soils.

The species was first described by the botanist Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in 1989 in the work Casuarinaceae. Flora of Australia. [2]

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References

  1. "Allocasuarina globosa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Allocasuarina globosa L.A.S.Johnson". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 27 January 2017.