Allocasuarina grevilleoides facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Allocasuarina grevilleoides |
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Allocasuarina
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grevilleoides
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Allocasuarina grevilleoides is a type of shrub found in Western Australia. It belongs to a group of plants called Allocasuarina. This plant grows in a small area of the western Wheatbelt region.
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About Allocasuarina grevilleoides
This shrub is special because it has separate male and female plants. This means you will find some plants with only male flowers and others with only female flowers. It also has a woody swelling at the base of its stem, called a lignotuber. This helps the plant regrow after events like bushfires.
What It Looks Like
Allocasuarina grevilleoides is a small shrub. It usually grows to be about 0.15 to 0.4 meters (which is about 6 inches to 1.3 feet) tall.
Where It Grows
You can find this plant growing in sandy and gravelly soils. It prefers soils that contain laterite, which is a type of soil rich in iron and aluminum. Its home is in the western part of the Wheatbelt region in Western Australia.
How It Was Named
The plant was first officially described in 1904 by a botanist named Ludwig Diels. He first called it Casuarina grevilleoides. Later, in 1982, another botanist, Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson, decided to move it to a different group of plants. He reclassified it into the genus Allocasuarina.
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A female flower of the Allocasuarina grevilleoides.
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Male flowers of the Allocasuarina grevilleoides.
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