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This species is accepted, and its native range is N. & E. Australia.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

[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

[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.

[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.

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
Nov 18, 1963 s.coll. [s.n.], New Caledonia K000872415 isosyntype
Nov 18, 1963 Pancher, M. [378], New Caledonia K000872416 isosyntype
Nov 29, 1962 s.coll. [10], Queensland K000872426 lectotype
Nov 29, 1962 s.coll. [10], Queensland K000872426 lectotype
Nov 29, 1962 s.coll. [10], Queensland K000872426 lectotype
Nov 29, 1962 s.coll. [10], Queensland K000872426 lectotype
25181.000

First published in Nieuwe Verh. Eerste Kl. Kon. Ned. Inst. Wetensch. Amsterdam, ser. 2, 13: 56 (1848)

Accepted by

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2009). Nova silva cusatlantica. Árboles nativos e introduciados de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L Englera 29-1: 1-438.
  • 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.

Literature

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • ColPlantA (2021). "ColPlantA. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.colplanta.org/"

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1502.01.2 epublication.
  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 130 (1961).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 19 (1962).
  • not J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 121 (1949).

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
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Flora Zambesiaca
Flora Zambesiaca
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew K000872416
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew K000872426
Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew K000872415

Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0