Allocasuarina decaisneana
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Allocasuarina decaisneana ( synonym : Casuarina decaisneana - German: "Wüstenkasuarine" / English: "Desert Oak") is a species of the Allocasuarina genus in the Casuarinaceae family .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Allocasuarina decaisneana is a medium-sized, evergreen tree . Due to its deep roots, Allocasuarina decaisneana can survive in very dry areas. It has long, thin, segmented and rod-like branches that take on the function of the leaves and are known as phyllodes .
Generative characteristics
Allocasuarina decaisneana is dioecious . Female specimens form large, prickly ( cone- like), woody fruit clusters (28–95 mm long, the largest in the genus). They contain nut fruits .
Occurrence
Allocasuarina decaisneana is native to the desert regions of Central Australia ( Northern Territory , Western Australia , South Australia ).
It occurs in the Uluṟu-Kata-Tjuṯa National Park , which includes the Uluṟu and the Kata Tjuṯa .
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1858 under the name ( Basionym ) Casuarina decaisneana by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiæ Australiæ , 1, p. 61. When the genus Casuarina was split up, Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson made the new combination to Allocasuarina decaisneana in 1982 .
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- Martin Baehr: Animal and Plant Guide Australia , Stuttgart 2006.
