Biology:Gymnostoma australianum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Casuarinaceae |
| Genus: | Gymnostoma |
| Species: | G. australianum
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| Gymnostoma australianum | |
Gymnostoma australianum, commonly known as the Daintree pine or Daintree oak, is a species of small tree which is endemic to a restricted area of the Daintree tropical rainforests region, within the Wet Tropics of north-eastern Queensland, Australia .[1][3][4][5] It is a member of the plant family Casuarinaceae, often named she-oaks, members of which are characterised by drooping equisetoid (meaning "to look like Equisetum") evergreen foliage, and separate male and female flowers (unisexual).[1] Superficially they look like well known scale–leaved gymnosperm trees species, such as Cupressus in the northern hemisphere and Callitris in the southern hemisphere.
Within its restricted distribution in the Daintree rainforests region, Gymnostoma australianum usually grows in open, sunny, long-term rainforest gaps, ranging from the lowlands to the uplands, and from regularly flooded areas alongside water courses through to rocky or exposed, wet, cloudy, mountain top situations, with recorded collections from sea level to 1,350 m (4,430 ft) altitude.[1][3][4][5]
The roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules.[1] It grows into a small tree of up to 7 m (23 ft) tall. Mature trees bear cone–structure fruits 7–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) long X 8–15 mm (0.3–0.6 in) wide. When ripe the cone's numerous valves open to release the dark–coloured winged seeds 7–8 mm long.[1][4][5]
Gymnostoma australianum has been given the conservation status of vulnerable under the Queensland government's Nature Conservation Act 1992.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 George, Alex S., ed (1989). "Gymnostoma australianum L.A.S.Johnson". Flora of Australia: Volume 3: Hamamelidales to Casuarinales. Flora of Australia series. Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing / Australian Biological Resources Study. pp. 103, 202, figs 45, 46, map 105. ISBN 978-0-644-08499-4. http://www.anbg.gov.au/abrs/online-resources/flora/stddisplay.xsql?pnid=38584. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013.
- ↑ "Gymnostoma australianum". Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Gymnostoma+australianum%25. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Gymnostoma australianum". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Gymnostoma_australianum.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Prider, Jane N.; Christophel, David C. (2000). "Distributional ecology of Gymnostoma australianum (Casuarinaceae), a putative palaeoendemic of Australian wet tropic forests". Australian Journal of Botany 48 (4): 427–434. doi:10.1071/BT99006.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 290. ISBN 9780958174213. https://www.nokomis.com.au/product/nokomis-published-books/fruits-australian-tropical-rainforest/. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ↑ Queensland Government (27 Sep 2013). "Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation 2006". Nature Conservation Act 1992. Australia. p. 51. http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/N/NatureConWiR06.pdf. Retrieved 5 Dec 2013.
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