Allocasuarina spinosissima

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Allocasuarina spinosissima
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. spinosissima
Binomial name
Allocasuarina spinosissima
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Allocasuarina spinosissima is a basionym of Casuarina spinosissima. [1] It is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to a small area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. [2]

The monoecious shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 4 metres (3.3 to 13.1 ft) and produces red-brown flowers. It is in tall heath and on sandplains and grows in sandy lateritic soils.

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<i>Allocasuarina campestris</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Allocasuarina decussata</i> Species of tree

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References

  1. "Vascular Plants". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. "Allocasuarina spinosissima". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.