Allocasuarina torulosa

Allocasuarina torulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. torulosa
Binomial name
Allocasuarina torulosa
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[2]
Immature female cones
Foliage and mature cone

Allocasuarina torulosa, commonly known as forest oak, rose sheoak,[3] river oak or Baker's oak,[4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a slender, usually dioecious tree that has drooping branchlets up to 140 mm (5.5 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of four or five, and the fruiting cones 15–33 mm (0.6–1 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 7–10 mm (0.3–0.4 in) long.

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2020). "Allocasuarina torulosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T177363617A177375942. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T177363617A177375942.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Allocasuarina torulosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Allocasuarina torulosa". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  4. ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Allocasuarina torulosa". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 24 June 2021.