Everything about Casuarinaceae totally explained
Casuarinaceae is a
family of
dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order
Fagales, consisting of 3 or 4 genera and approximately 70 species of trees and shrubs native to the Old World tropics (Indo-Malaysia), Australia, and the Pacific islands. At one time, all of the species were placed in the genus
Casuarina, but these are now split among
Allocasuarina,
Casuarina,
Ceuthostoma, and
Gymnostoma. In the
Wettstein system, this family was the only one placed in the order Verticillatae. Likewise, in the
Engler,
Cronquist and
Kubitzki systems, Casuarinaceae was the only family placed in the order Casuarinales.
Members of this family are characterized by drooping
equisetoid (meaning "to look like
Equisetum") twigs, are
evergreen, and monoecious or dioecious. The roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules that contain the soil actinomycete
Frankia.
The most widely used common name for Casuarinaceae species is
sheoak or
she-oak. Other common names include
ironwood,
bull-oak, and
beefwood.
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