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Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. incana

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Family Casuarinaceae

Taxonomy: Casuarina equisetifolia subsp. incana (Benth.) L.A.S.Johnson

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Casuarina equisetifolia var. incana Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Casuarina equisetifolia var. incana J.Poiss. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Casuarina incana A.Cunn. ex Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (9), Kew_2019_1 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 14 traits from 33 records in 8 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): samara (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 10 mm (7-13 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 0.85 mm (0.7-1 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): terete (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): whorled (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): cladode (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.56 mg (1.56-1.56 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 9 m (6-12 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NHNSW_2023711N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_202369Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.