Casuarina equisetifolia L.

  • Filed As

    Casuarinaceae
    Casuarina equisetifolia L.

  • Collector(s)

    E. D. Merrill 595, Jun 1913

  • Location

    Philippines. Isabela. Luzon.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2024.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4380480

    Occurrence ID: 4967bea5-2326-46f6-84a8-31d941aba142

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DICOTYLEDONS
CASUARINACEAE
CASUARINA Linnaeus
CASUARINA EQUISETIFOLIA Linn.; Blanco FI. Filip. (1837) 661; ed. 2
(1845) 460; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 67.
The species was correctly interpreted by Blanco, but Fer*
nandez-Villar erroneously reduced the form described by Blancos
to Casuarina swnMrana Miq. Linnaeus must be cited as the
author for the species as well as the genus, although Forster
is usually given as the author of the former. The combination
Casua/rina equisetifolia (equisefolia) Linnaeus appears in Arnoen.
Acad. 4 (1759) 143, the species being typified by Casuarina lito-
«rea Rumph. Herb* Amb. 3, pi. 57. It is common and widely
distributed in the Philippines along the seashore and extending-
far inland in open river valleys, reaching; an altitude of at least
500 meters. It^is wid_efcg known as
Illustrative specimen from Isabela Province, Luzon, June,
1913 {Merrill: Species Blancoanae No. 595).
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SPECIES 13 LAN CO A NA E NO.
695» Oasmariaa equisetifolia
Litua,; Blanco
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