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Casuarina glauca Spreng.

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Casuarina glauca Spreng., Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 3, 803 (1826)
Casuarina glauca Spreng.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Spreng.
Spreng.
1826
803
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Casuarina glauca Spreng.
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Casuarina glauca

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glauca

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Casuarina glauca Spreng.

Dioecious, small to large tree up to 15 m high, with branches ± erect. Young branchlets glabrous, relatively stout (1-1.5 mm diam.), rounded with as many flat ribs as lf-teeth. Lf-teeth of adult branchlets in whorls of (12)-14-16-(17), lanceolate, brown at base, 0.66-1 mm long; tip pale white or grey, usually withering. ♂ fls in terminal spikes (10)-15-30 mm long; whorls of bracts overlapping when fls mature. Cone ellipsoid or subglobose and flattened at apex, 10-15 mm long; margins of valves acute or with a short blunt point; seeds dull, light whitish brown, 4-6 mm long, with pale membranous wing.

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Casuarina glauca Spreng.
Casuarina glauca Spreng.
Casuarina glauca Spreng.

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Casuarina glauca Spreng.
Australia
Casuarina glauca Spreng.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Casuarina glauca Spreng.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Casuarina glauca Spreng.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Casuarina glauca Spreng.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
22 September 2011
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