RE: Casuarina
- Subject: RE: Casuarina
- From: "DeFato, Joan" j*@arboretum.org
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:21:36 -0800
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In the
section of a key in Flora of Australia that distinguishes between the
two:
2.
Branchlets and cones _+ densely and obviously pubescent; teeth 6-8, not
marcescent; cone body 10-24 mm long, 9-13 mm diam; cone bracteoles acute; samara
6-8 mm long E. equisetifolia
2.
Branchlets and cones sparsely and minutely pubescent; teeth 6-1, marcescent or
not; cone body 7-14 mm long, 4-6 mm diam; cone bracteoles broadly acute to
acute; samara 3-2 mm long E. cunninghamiana
Joan
DeFato
Plant Science Library -----Original Message-----
From: Wim van Putten [mailto:wimvanputten@mail.telepac.pt] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:52 AM To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu Subject: Casuarina Here in Southern Portugal, two Casuarina's are common:
equisetifolia and cunninghamiana.
I have tried to find on internet pictures, to
determine clear differances between them, but without success. It looks
like that the flowers of equisetifolia are more brown reddish and the flowers of
cunninghamiana are more whitish. Can anybody help?
Wim
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