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Allocasuarina thuyoides, commonly known as the horned sheoak, is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to a large area in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, South West and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia.[3]

Allocasuarina thuyoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Casuarinaceae
Genus:	Allocasuarina
Species:	A. thuyoides
Binomial name
Allocasuarina thuyoides (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH

The monoecious or dioecious shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2 metres (1.0 to 6.6 ft). It flowers from January to December and produces cones with long spines. A. thuyoides is found heathland, sandplains and foothills and grows in clay or sandy lateritic soils.

Taxonomy

First described as Casuarina thuyoides in 1845 by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel,[4][5] it was assigned to the new genus, Allocasuarina, by L.A.S.Johnson, in 1982.[1][2]

References

External links

• Occurrence data for Allocasuarina thuyoides from The Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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