- Family: Casuarinaceae R.Br.
Casuarina L.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology Branches
- Branchlets with deep and narrow grooves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Infructescences
- Infructescences with ± thin and inconspicuous bracts
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits grey or yellowish-brown, dull.
- Distribution
- 14-17 species native to Australia, south-east Asia and the islands of the Pacific
- Note
- See Friis (1980) for a discussion of the authority and date of publication of Casuarina and C. equisetifolia.
[FTEA]
Casuarinaceae, C.M. Wilmot-Dear. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1985
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs
- Morphology Stem
- Deciduous stems with narrow grooves
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit bracteoles thick or thin, with or without dorsal protuberance; bracts relatively inconspicuous, not elaborately thickened Samaras dark brown or black and shiny, or pale grey or fawn with surface pattern of minute slightly raised wavy lines.
Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Fiji, India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Marshall Is., Myanmar, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Nicobar Is., Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Samoa, Solomon Is., South Australia, South China Sea, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Tonga, Turks-Caicos Is., Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Victoria, Vietnam, Western Australia
Introduced into:
Alabama, Aldabra, Algeria, Ascension, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cayman Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Cook Is., Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Florida, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Hawaii, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laccadive Is., Leeward Is., Line Is., Madagascar, Maldives, Marquesas, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel I, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, New Zealand North, Niue, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Society Is., Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Trinidad-Tobago, Tuamotu, Tubuai Is., Tunisia, Uganda, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Wake I., Wallis-Futuna Is., Windward Is.
- Casuarina collina J.Poiss. ex Pancher & Sebert
- Casuarina cristata Miq.
- Casuarina cunninghamiana Miq.
- Casuarina equisetifolia L.
- Casuarina glauca Sieber ex Spreng.
- Casuarina grandis L.A.S.Johnson
- Casuarina junghuhniana Miq.
- Casuarina obesa Miq.
- Casuarina oligodon L.A.S.Johnson
- Casuarina orophila L.A.S.Johnson
- Casuarina pauper F.Muell. ex L.A.S.Johnson
- Casuarina potamophila Schltr.
- Casuarina tenella Schltr.
- Casuarina teres Schltr.
Casuarina L. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Amoen. Acad. 4: 143 (1759)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
Literature
Flora Zambesiaca
- Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 481, 543 (1763).
- Amoen. Acad. 4: 143 (1759).
- Forst., Char. Gen.: 103, t. 52 (1776).
- Friis in Taxon 29: 500 (1980).
- L.A.S. Johnson in Fl. Australia 3: 100–110 (1989).
Flora of Somalia
- Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
- Friis in Taxon 29: 499–500 (1980)
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 481, 534 (1763)
- Amoen. Acad. 4: 143 (1759)
- Forst., Char. Gen.: 103, t. 52 (1776)
- Friis in Taxon 29: 500 (1980)
Art and Illustrations in Digifolia
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China
The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
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