Allocasuarina paludosa

Allocasuarina paludosa
Immature female and mature cones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. paludosa
Binomial name
Allocasuarina paludosa
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
List
    • Casuarina distyla var. paludosa (Sieber ex Spreng.) Benth.
    • Casuarina distyla var. prostrata Maiden & Betche
    • Casuarina paludosa Sieber ex Spreng.
    • Casuarina paludosa Sieber ex Spreng. var. paludosa
    • Casuarina pumila Otto & A.Dietr.
    • Casuarina pumila var. hirtella Miq.
    • Casuarina pumila Otto & A.Dietr. var. pumila
    • Casuarina bicuspidata auct. non Benth.: Rodway, L. (1903)
Male spikes
Habit in Little Desert National Park

Allocasuarina paludosa, commonly known as swamp she-oak[2] or scrub sheoak,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a monoecious or dioecious shrub that has branchlets up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of six to eight, the fruiting cones 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long containing winged seeds 3.5–5.0 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long.

  1. ^ a b "Allocasuarina paludosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  2. ^ Wilson, Karen L.; Johnson, Lawrence A.S. "Allocasuarina paludosa". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
  3. ^ Entwisle, Timothy J.; Stajsic, Val. "Allocasuarina paludosa". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 2 July 2023.