Casuarina oligodon

Casuarina oligodon, the she oak, is a species of Casuarina tree first described by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson.[1] Casuarina oligodon is part of the genus Casuarina and the family Casuarinaceae.[2][3] It is dioecious, very rarely monoecious.[4]

Casuarina oligodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Casuarina
Species:
C. oligodon
Binomial name
Casuarina oligodon
L.A.S.Johnson

Range

She oak is native to Papua New Guinea.[5]

References
  1. Casuarinaceae., 1996
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A.; Didžiulis V., eds. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. IOPI Global Plant Checklist
  4. Johnson, L. A. S. (1982). "Notes on Casuarinaceae II". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 6 (1): 73–87. JSTOR 23873879.
  5. "Casuarina oligodon She-oak, kilu PFAF Plant Database".


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