Allocasuarina Glareicola

	Allocasuarina Glareicola ''Allocasuarina glareicola'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of New South Wales. It is an erect, Dioecy, dioecious or Monoecy, monoecious shrub that has branchlets up to long, the leaves reduced to scales in Whorl (botany), whorls of five to seven, the fruiting cones long containing winged seeds (samaras) long. Description ''Allocasuarina glareicola'' is an erect, often poorly developed, dioecious or monoecious shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its branchlets are more or less erect, up to long, the leaves reduced to erect, scale-like teeth long, arranged in whorls of five to seven around the branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls (the "articles") are long and wide. Male flowers are arranged like a string of beads, in spikes long, with about 5 whorls per centimetre (per 0.39 in.), the Stamen#Morphology and terminology, anthers long. Female cones are cylindrical, on a Peduncle ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson FAA, (26 June 1925 – 1 August 1997) known as Lawrie Johnson, was an Australian taxonomic botanist. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, for the whole of his professional career, as a botanist (1948–1972), Director (1972–1985) and Honorary Research Associate (1986–1997). - originally published in ''Historical Records of Australian Science'', vol.13, no.4, 2001. Alone or in collaboration with colleagues, he distinguished and described four new families of vascular plants, 33 new genera, 286 new species (including posthumous publications), and reclassified another 395 species. Of the families he described, Rhynchocalycaceae (with B. G. Briggs, 1985) is accepted by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG). Hopkinsiaceae and Lyginiaceae, (which he and B. G. Briggs proposed in 2000 be carved out of Anarthriaceae), have not been accepted by the APG. Lawrie Johnson died of cancer in 1997. He received many honours and awards, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Castlereagh Nature Reserve The Castlereagh Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve located in the western suburbs of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia. The reserve is situated west of the central business district, approximately north-east of and located near the townships of and . In 1960, was reclaimed for use as a Child Welfare Training School, and in 1971, was reclaimed for the establishment of a liquid waste disposal facility. The boundary of the reserve is marked by The Northern Road to the west, by Llandilo Road to the east, rural properties to the south and by the Castlereagh Waste Management Centre to the north. The nature reserve was formerly Castlereagh State Forest and was managed as a production forest from 1917 to 1988, then as a demonstration forest from 1988 to 1995. Features Geology The Castlereagh Nature Reserve contains a geographically restricted substrate of Tertiary alluvials producing clays, sand, gravel and shales at depth. Parts of the reserve support Cumbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Flora Of New South Wales ''The Flora that are native to New South Wales, Australia''. :''Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic''. The categorisation scheme follows the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, in which : Jervis Bay Territory, politically a Commonwealth of Australia territory, is treated as part of New South Wales; :* the Australian Capital Territory, politically a Commonwealth of Australia territory, is treated as separate but subordinate to New South Wales; :* Lord Howe Island, politically part of New South Wales, is treated as subordinate to Norfolk Island. {{CatAutoTOC New South Wales Biota of New South Wales New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Fagales Of Australia The Fagales are an order of flowering plants, including some of the best-known trees. The order name is derived from genus ''Fagus'', beeches. They belong among the rosid group of dicotyledons. The families and genera currently included are as follows: Betulaceae – birch family (''Alnus'', ''Betula'', ''Carpinus'', ''Corylus'', ''Ostrya'', ''Ostryopsis'') Casuarinaceae – she-oak family (''Allocasuarina'', ''Casuarina'', ''Ceuthostoma'', ''Gymnostoma'') Fagaceae – beech family ('' Castanea'', ''Castanopsis'', ''Chrysolepis'', ''Colombobalanus'', ''Fagus'', '' Lithocarpus'', ''Notholithocarpus'', ''Quercus'') Juglandaceae – walnut family (''Alfaroa'', ''Carya'', ''Cyclocarya'', ''Engelhardia'', ''Juglans'', ''Oreomunnea'', ''Platycarya'', ''Pterocarya'', ''Rhoiptelea'') Myricaceae – bayberry family (''Canacomyrica'', '' Comptonia'', ''Myrica'') Nothofagaceae – southern beech family (''Nothofagus'') Ticodendraceae – ticodendron family ('' Ticodendron'') The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]