Allocasuarina rupicola
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| Allocasuarina rupicola | |
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| In Girraween National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Genus: | Allocasuarina |
| Species: | A. rupicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Allocasuarina rupicola | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Allocasuarina rupicola, commonly known as shrubby she-oak,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of eastern Australia. It is a slender, dioecious shrub that has branchlets up to 180 mm (7.1 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven or eight, the fruiting cones 6–19 mm (0.24–0.75 in) long containing winged seeds 2.8–5.0 mm (0.11–0.20 in) long.
Allocasuarina rupicola is a slender, dioecious shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has smooth bark. Its branchlets are up to 180 mm (7.1 in) long, the leaves reduced to scale-like teeth 0.2–0.6 mm (0.0079–0.0236 in) long, arranged in whorls of seven or eight around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls are 8–11 mm (0.31–0.43 in) long, 0.7–0.9 mm (0.028–0.035 in) wide. Male flowers are arranged in spikes resembling a string of beads 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) long, with 7.5 to 8 whorls per centimetre (per 0.39 in.), the anthers 0.7–0.8 mm (0.028–0.031 in) long. Female cones are on a peduncle 2–14 mm (0.079–0.551 in) long, and mature cones shortly cylindrical, 6–19 mm (0.24–0.75 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) in diameter, containing winged seeds 2.8–5.0 mm (0.11–0.20 in) long.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy
Allocasuarina rupicola was first described in 1989 by Lawrie Johnson in Flora of Australia.[5][6] The specific epithet, (rupicola) means "rock-dweller", referring to its occurrence near rocks.[5]