Английская Википедия:Allocasuarina paradoxa

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Immature female cones

Allocasuarina paradoxa is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is a dioecious or monoecious shrub that has branchlets up to Шаблон:Cvt long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to eleven, the fruiting cones Шаблон:Cvt long containing winged seeds Шаблон:Cvt long.

Description

Allocasuarina paradoxa is a dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt and has smooth bark. Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to Шаблон:Cvt long, the leaves reduced to erect to slightly spreading, scale-like teeth Шаблон:Cvt long, arranged in whorls of six or seven around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls (the "articles") are Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and have a waxy covering. Male flowers are arranged in spikes Шаблон:Cvt long, the anthers Шаблон:Cvt long. Female cones are cylindrical, on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long. Mature cones are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt in diameter, the samaras Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]

Taxonomy

This she-oak was first formally described in 1931 by Ellen Dulcie Macklin who gave it the name Casuarina paradoxa in the Kew Bulletin.[3][4] It was reclassified in 1982 as Allocasuarina paradoxa by Lawrie Johnson in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[5]

Distribution and habitat

Allocasuarina paradoxa grows in tall heath in the Grampians National Park and between Melbourne and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.[1][2]

References

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