Allocasuarina monilifera, commonly known as necklace sheoak,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is usually a monoecious, low-growing shrub that has branchlets up to Шаблон:Cvt long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of six to nine, the fruiting cones Шаблон:Cvt long containing winged seeds Шаблон:Cvt long.
Allocasuarina monilifera is usually a monoecious shrub that typically grows to Шаблон:Cvt high and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Its branchlets are Шаблон:Cvt long, the leaves reduced to erect to slightly spreading, scale-like teeth Шаблон:Cvt long, arranged in whorls of six to nine around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls are Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and are slightly waxy. Male flowers are arranged in spikes Шаблон:Cvt long, the anthersШаблон:Cvt long. Female cones are cylindrical, on a peduncleШаблон:Cvt long. Mature cones are Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt in diameter containing winged seeds Шаблон:Cvt long.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
Necklace sheoak was first formally described in 1967 by Lawrie Johnson who gave it the name Casuarina moniliferaThe Student's Flora of Tasmamia from specimens he collected at Eaglehawk Neck in 1949.[4] In 1982, Johnson transferred the species to Allocasuarina as A. monilifera in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[5][6] The specific epithet, (monilifera) means "necklace-bearing".[7]
