Allocasuarina emuina
Allocasuarina emuina, commonly known as the Emu Mountain sheoak, is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to Queensland.[1]
| Allocasuarina emuina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Genus: | Allocasuarina |
| Species: | A. emuina |
| Binomial name | |
| Allocasuarina emuina | |
The shrub has a spreading habit that typically grows to a height have 0.5 to 2.5 metres (1.6 to 8.2 ft) and has smooth bark. It has long wiry needle-like branchlets and their leaves are reduced to whorls of small triangular teeth which occur at regular intervals along the branchlets. The branchlets are up to 12 centimetres (5 in) long and go up the branch. The leaves are yellow-green in colour and usually have 6–8 teeth.[1]
It has a limited distribution through a small area of south west Queensland across a linear range of 55 kilometres (34 mi) between Beerburrum and Noosa on the Sunshine Coast. There were four known population with an estimated total number of 12,000 individuals in 1993.[1]
The species was first described by the botanist Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in 1989 in the work Casuarinaceae. Flora of Australia.[2]
References
- "Allocasuarina emuina — Emu Mountain Sheoak, Mt Emu She-oak". Species Profile and Threats Database. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
- "Allocasuarina emuina L.A.S.Johnson". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.