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Allocasuarina verticillata

(Lam.) L.A.S. Johnson
Tracheophyta » Fagales » Casuarinaceae » Allocasuarina verticillata
Common name (English)
Drooping she-oak
Ηabitat
I2 Parks
X11 Large parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
X22 Non-domestic gardens (small)
X23 Non-domestic gardens (large)
Global distribution

Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria), Taiwan (I), trop. Africa (I), Bonin Isl. (I) (Chichijima (I), Minamijima (I), Anijima (I), Otohtojima (I), Hahajima (I), Mukhojima (I)), India (I), Venezuela (I), Morocco (c), Tunisia (c), Cameroon (I), Spain (I), Portugal (I) 143890 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Not Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Cultivated tree in Nicosia (Meikle 1985).

Planted in Lemesos, Lefkosia and Athalassa nut most probably planted elsewhere as well (Tsintides et al. 2002).

First detection year
1890
Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
Pathway detail

Introduced during the British colonialism (1878-1959).

Other notes

Taxonomy following Wilson & Johnson (1989).
Wilson KL, Johnson LAS (1989) Casuarinaceae (p.100-174). In: George AS (Ed.) Flora of Australia 3. Canberra.

In Tsintides et al. (2002) as Casuarina verticillata Lam.

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

Tsintides T, Hadjikyriakou GN, Christodoulou CS (2002) Trees and shrubs in Cyprus. Foundation Anastasios G. Leventis—Cyprus Forest Association, Nicosia, Cyprus.

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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