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Accession Data:

Gymnostoma deplancheanum (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Casuarinaceae R. Br.

  • Country of Origin: New Caledonia
  • Habitat: gravelly soils (oxisol) on the southern massif

  • Description: The species is dioecious. The female catkins are formed with brown spiky balls with bumps. The seeds are very small and winged. Its roots have nitrogen-fixing nodules (actinorhizae) which, in symbiosis with bacteria of the genus Frankia, assimilate nitrogen from the air.5

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800130
  • Source: Chad Husby - FIU
  • Accession Date: 08-25-2008
  • Bench: 2107 - MED:Western Australia B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-04-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Fagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Casuarinaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Endemism (endemic)
  • Actinorhizal Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: New Caledonia

References (external):

  1. Image #1 courtesy of Chad Husby
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Thursday, January 14, 2016.
  4. Gymnostoma at Wikipedia. Last accessed on Friday, January 15, 2016.
  5. Gymnostoma deplancheanum from Wikipedia (translated from French). Last accessed on Friday, January 15, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:00:06 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Gymnostoma deplancheanum

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Current Accessions in the Casuarinaceae

  • Allocasuarina luehmannii
  • Casuarina cunninghamiana
  • Casuarina glauca
  • Gymnostoma deplancheanum
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