- Family:
- Casuarinaceae R.Br.
- Genus:
- Casuarina L.
Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq.

[CPLC]
Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Distribution
- Cultivada en Colombia; Alt. 900 m.; Valle del Cauca.
- Morphology General Habit
- Árbol
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Elevation range: 900–900 m a.s.l. Cultivated in Colombia. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC, Valle del Cauca.
- Habit
- Tree.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
[FZ]
Casuarinaceae, C. M. Wilmot-Dear. Flora Zambesiaca 9:6. 1991
- Morphology General Habit
- Tree.
- Morphology Branches
- Persistent branches with 7–9 ribs; free parts of scale leaves 1–2.5 mm. long, reflexed. Deciduous branchlets 0.4–0.6 mm. in diam., with 7–9 inconspicuous ribs; scale leaves with a distinct dark red-brown band, free pan 0.3–0.5(0.6) x 0.1–0.2 mm.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Male inflorescence 1–1.5 mm. in diam.; bracts appressed, flowers 6–8 per whorl.
- sex Male
- Male inflorescence 1–1.5 mm. in diam.; bracts appressed, flowers 6–8 per whorl.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Infructescences
- Infructescences 8–12 x 7–10 mm., ovoid; valves with several irregular longitudinal fine wrinkles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Samaras pale brown, dull.
[UNAL]
Bernal, R., G. Galeano, A. Rodríguez, H. Sarmiento y M. Gutiérrez. 2017. Nombres Comunes de las Plantas de Colombia. http://www.biovirtual.unal.edu.co/nombrescomunes/
- Vernacular
- casuarina, pino de Australia
[FTEA]
Casuarinaceae, C.M. Wilmot-Dear. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1985
- Morphology Stem
- Persistent stems with 7–9 ribs, scale-leaves free to 1–2.5 mm., 0.3–0.4 mm. wide, reflexed
- Morphology Branches
- Deciduous branchlets 0.4–0.6 mm. diameter, with 7–9 close-set inconspicuous ribs; free part of scale-leaves 0.3–0.5(–0.6) mm. long, 0.1–0.2 mm. wide, straw-coloured with distinct dark red-brown band around united region or in apical half
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- ♂ inflorescence 1–1.5 mm. in diameter, whorls of bracts close-set, flowers 6–8 per whorl, bracts coloured as scale-leaves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Infructescences
- Infructescence 8–12 mm. long, 7–10 mm. wide, ovoid; cells 6–9 per whorl, separated by small gap of ± 0.7 mm.; valve-backs with several irregularly ± longitudinal fine wrinkles; apical 2–3 mm. of valves free; samaras pale fawnish brown.
- Figures
- Fig. 1/1.
[UPFC]
- Use Animal Food
- Used as animal food.
- Use Environmental
- Environmental uses.
- Use Fuel
- Used for fuels.
- Use Food
- Used for food.
- Use Invertebrate Food
- Used as invertebrate food.
- Use Materials
- Used as material.
Doubtfully present in:
New Guinea
Native to:
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Introduced into:
Algeria, Belize, Bermuda, Cape Provinces, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Haiti, Japan, Leeward Is., Mauritius, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, New Zealand North, Northern Provinces, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Spain, Tunisia, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 7, 2012 | Australia | K000872426 | No | ||
Dec 7, 2012 | Australia | K000872426 | No | ||
Dec 7, 2012 | Australia | K000872426 | No | ||
Dec 7, 2012 | Australia | K000872426 | No | ||
Dec 7, 2012 | New Caledonia | K000872415 | No | ||
Dec 7, 2012 | New Caledonia | K000872416 | No | ||
25181.000 | No |
First published in Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 2, 13: 56 (1848)
Accepted by
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- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 1-449. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (1997). Flora of North America North of Mexico 3: 1-590. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.) (2020). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica 4(2): 1-524. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
- Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
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