Allocasuarina grevilleoides
Allocasuarina grevilleoides (Diels) L.A.S.Johnson
Allocasuarina grevilleoides is a flowering plant in the Casuarinaceae family, native to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading, dioecious shrub that forms a lignotuber.
Description
This species has erect, sharply-pointed branchlets, with leaves reduced to scales arranged in whorls of four. The mature fruiting cones are 9–14 mm long and contain winged seeds (samaras) measuring 5.5–7.0 mm in length. Allocasuarina grevilleoides was first described by Diels and later reclassified by L.A.S. Johnson in 1982.
Distribution
Western Australia
Synonyms
Casuarina grevilleoides