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Casuarina
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Casuarina is a genus of trees within the family Casuarinaceae. It belongs to the order Fagales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta in the kingdom Plantae. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1759 and is also known by the common names sheoak and トクサバモクマオウ属. Its taxonomic type is Casuarina equisetifolia.
The widespread littoral species Casuarina equisetifolia L. is native to regions including Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, the Caroline Islands, Fiji, India, Jawa, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, the Marianas, and the Marshall Islands. Records from iDigBio indicate the presence of the family in Mexico, Guatemala, the United States, Malaysia, and Indonesia. The genus has an accepted status according to WoRMS.
Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Plants of the World, iDigBio, WoRMS, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
トクサバモクマオウ属
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFagales
- FamilyCasuarinaceae
General: the widespread littoral species Casuarina equesitifolia L., which occurs Common Name: casuarina
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 840
- With media
- 603
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, INECOL, IBUNAM, USF, A
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Guatemala, United States, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Subclass of
- tree
- Parent taxon
- Casuarinaceae
- Image
- Casuarina equisetifolia 0004.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Casuarina
- Commons category
- Casuarina
- topic's main category
- Category:Casuarina
- Commons gallery
- Casuarina
- taxon common name
- 木麻黄属
- taxonomic type
- Casuarina equisetifolia
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Description
- Ecology
- Taxonomy
- Species List
- Invasive species
- References
- External links
right|thumb|Female cones of C. equisetifolia
Casuarina, also known as she-oak, Australian pine and native pine, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Casuarinaceae, and is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa.
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