Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae

Casuarinaceae - Beefwood family

Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991) Casuarinaceae FZ 9(6)

Description of the family

Dioecious, less often monoecious trees with drooping Equisetum like branchlets. Flowers clustered in unisexual inflorescences with alternating whorls of bracts. Male inflorescences spicate, solitary and terminal. Female inflorescence spherical or ovoid, axillary towards the end of woody branches. Fruit a dark-coloured samara.

Worldwide: 4 genera and 95 species, Indomalesia, Australia and W Pacific.

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Casuarina L.

Other sources of information about Casuarinaceae:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Casuarinaceae page
Flora of Mozambique: Casuarinaceae
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Casuarinaceae
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Family page: Casuarinaceae.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=51, retrieved 18 May 2013

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