Callitris rhomboidea

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Cupressaceae

Trees or shrubs evergreen , monoecious or dioecious. Leaves decussate or in whorls of 3, scalelike and then often dimorphic with flattened facial leaves and keeled lateral leaves, or needlelike particularly in juvenile plants , often with an abaxial resin gland . Pollen cones terminal or axillary , solitary, maturing and shed annually; microsporophylls 6-16, decussate or whorled , each bearing (2 or) 3-6(-9) pollen sacs ; pollen wingless. Seed cones usually terminal, solitary, globose , ovoid , or oblong , dehiscent or indehiscent when mature in 1st or 2nd(or 3rd) year; cone scales developing after ovules originate in bract axils; bracts almost completely enveloped by cone scales, free only at apex; ovules 1-numerous per bract axil, erect ; cone scales of mature cones 3-16, flat or peltate, woody, leathery, or succulent, 1-20-seeded. Seeds winged or not; wings derived from seed coat . Cotyledons usually 2, rarely 3-6. Germination epigeal.

Nineteen genera and ca. 125 species: worldwide; eight genera (one introduced ) and 46 species (16 endemic, 13 introduced) in China.[1]

Genus Callitris

Shrubs or trees evergreen . Branchlets angled or furrowed-cylindrical, variously oriented. Leaves in whorls of 3--5. Adult leaves scalelike, appressed , abaxial surface keeled or rounded , free portion to 1 mm, abaxial glands absent. Pollen cones solitary or in small clusters , with 4--15 whorls of sporophylls, each with 2--4 pollen sacs . Seed cones maturing in 1--2 years, of 1--2 sizes, often remaining unopened for many years, ovoid or globose , 1--3.5 cm; scales persistent , in 2 equally inserted whorls of 3(--4), valvate , rhombic-deltate, basifixed , thick and woody. Seeds 2--9 per scale, round or 3-angled, broadly 1--3-winged; cotyledons 2.

Species 16 (1 natura: North America, Australia, and New Caledonia.[2]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,400 meters (0 to 7,874 feet).[3]

Biology

Growth

Culture: Space 10-12' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Callitris australis R. Br. Ex Hook. F. • Callitris cupressiformis F. Muell. • Callitris tasmanica (Benth.) R. T. Baker & H. G. Smith • Cupressus australis Pers. • Cyparissia australis (Pers.) Hoffmanns. • Frenela australis (Pers.) Mirb. Ex Endl. • Frenela rhomboidea (R. Br. Ex Rich. & A. Rich.) Endl. • Frenela rhomboidea var. mucronata Benth. • Frenela rhomboidea var. tasmanica Benth. • Frenela triquetra Spach • Thuja australis Bosc Ex Poir. • Thuja inaequalis Desf.

Notes

Publishing author : Rich. Publication : Commentatio Botanica de Conifereis et Cycadeis 1826 (Sep.-Nov. 1826)

Similar Species

Members of the genus Callitris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

C. canescens (Scrubby Cypress Pine) · C. columellaris (White Cypress-Pine) · C. drummondii (Drummond's Cypress) · C. endlicheri (Black Cypress Pine) · C. macleayana (Stringybark Pine) · C. monticola (Steelhead) · C. muelleri (Illawara Pine) · C. oblonga (Pigmy Cypress-Pine) · C. preissii (Rottnest Islandpine) · C. rhomboidea (Oyster Bay Pine) · C. roei (Roe's Cypress Pine) · C. verrucosa (Scrub Cypress-Pine)

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Further Reading

• A handbook of Coniferae, including Ginkgoaceæ, by W. Dallimore and A. Bruce Jackson. With drawings by Miss G. Lister. New York, Longmans, Green, 1923. url p. 171, p. 172.
• A manual of Indian timbers; an account of the growth, distribution, and uses of the trees and shrubs of India and Ceylon with descriptions of their wood-structure, by J. S. Gamble... London: S. Low, Marston & co. ltd., 1902. url p. 695.
• A research on the pines of Australia, Sydney, W. A. Gullick, government printer, 1910. url p. 104, p. 181, p. 20, p. 220, p. 221, p. 226, p. 227, p. 233, p. 238, p. 240, p. 243, p. 33, p. 457, p. 67, p. 73, p. 9.
• About trees, shrubs, and climbing plants for South Africa; concise hints on the making of farm plantations, shrubberies. .. Maritzburg, 1919. url , p. 59.
• American forestry. Washington, D.C.: American Forestry Association, 1910-1923. url p. 753.
• American forests. Washington [etc.]American Forestry Association [etc.] url p. 753.
• Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) / Albert C. Smith. Lawaii, Hawaii: Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, 1979- url p. 117.
• Johnson's Gardeners' dictionary and cultural instructor. London, A. T. De La Mare printing and publishing co., ltd.[1916] url p. 259.
• Pamphlets on silviculture. [1899- url p. 489.
• Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 154.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 576, p. 586.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 120, p. 125, p. 126, p. 132, p. 135, p. 341, p. 342, p. 375, p. 376, p. 378, p. 379, p. 380, p. 97.
• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. Melbourne: The Society, 1889- url p. 63.
• Standardized plant names; a catalogue of approved scientific and common names of plants in American commerce. Salem, Mass., 1923. url p. 108.
• The Australian zoologist. Sydney, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales url p. 41.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 229.
• The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 30 1895 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 15, p. 359.
• The miscellaneous botanical works of Robert Brown. .. London, Published for the Ray society by R. Hardwicke, 1866-68. url .
• The pinetum: being a synopsis of all the coniferous plants at present known, with descriptions, history and synonyms, and a comprehensive systematic index. LondonH.G. Bohn [etc.]1880 url p. 117, p. 117.
• Vernacular list of trees, shrubs, and woody climbers in the Madras Presidency. Madras, Printed by the Superintendant, Government Press, 1915. url p. 787.
• Wang Wen-tsai, Cheng Wan-chün, Fu Li-kuo & Chu Cheng-de. 1978. Cupressaceae. In: Cheng Wan-chün & Fu Li-kuo, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 313-398.
• Blake, S. T. 1959. New or noteworthy plants, chiefly from Queensland, l. Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland. 70(6): 33--46.
• Garden, J. 1957. A revision of the genus Callitris Vent. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 2(5): 363--392.
• Thompson, J. and L. A. S. Johnson. 1986. Callitris glaucophylla, Australia's 'white cypress pine'---A new name for an old species. Telopea 2: 731--736.
• Thompson, J. 1961. Cupressaceae. Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb., Fl. Ser. 1/18: 46--55.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Conifer Database 2006.
• Conifer Database. Release date: June 5, 2008
• Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Callitris rhomboidea. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Conifer Specialist Group 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Dec 27, 2011.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Botanic Garden of the Finnish Museum of Natural History
• Herbario SANT, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela: SANT herbarium vascular plant collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3497133
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Con-1678
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13278150
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261784-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 261784-1
• IUCN ID: 197136
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 723826

Footnotes

1. Liguo Fu, Yong-fu Yu, Robert P. Adams & Aljos Farjon "Cupressaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 62. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Richard P. Wunderlin "Callitris". in Flora of North America Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Mean = 225.530 meters (739.928 feet), Standard Deviation = 341.210 based on 205 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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