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Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Casuarina L.

CASUARINA Adans.

Small to large trees. Lf-teeth in whorls of 5 or more; stomata borne within grooves of branchlets. Bracteoles of fruiting cones thin and without any dorsal protuberances. Samaras grey to tawny, dull.

Key

1
Branchlets 1-1.5 mm diam.; lf-teeth of adult branchlets in whorls of (12)-14-16-(17)
2. *glauca
Branchlets c. 0.66 mm diam.; lf-teeth of adult branchlets in whorls of 7-9-(11)
1. *cunninghamiana

5 spp., Australia, Pacific Is. Naturalised spp. 2.

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