The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species [2] of trees and shrubs native to eastern Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific Islands.

Casuarinaceae, the beefwood family of dicotyledonous flowering plants, with two genera (Casuarina, 30 species; Gymnostoma, 20 species) of trees and shrubs, many of which have a distinctly pinelike aspect when seen from afar. They are naturally distributed in tropical eastern Africa, the Mascarene.

Casuarinaceae is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the sheoaks or casuarinas. They are found throughout the world in tropical and subtropical regions, with many species adapted to thrive in harsh environments.

The family Casuarinaceae comprises about 90 species of trees and shrubs and is the only family included under the order Casuarinales. The Casuarinales are grouped in the subclass Hamamelidae. Twenty-nine species are known to fix nitrogen with Frankia (Nicodemus, 2007).

Common Name and Type Genus: Sheoak family, derived from the Casuarina genus. Distribution: Primarily Australia, some genera contain species from the Pacific Islands. Family Size: Four genera and about 100 species. Notable Genera: There are only two commercially-known genera in the family, Casuarina and Allocasuarina.

The Casuarinaceae are monoecious or dioecious trees and shrubs comprising one genus and about 50 species with green, jointed, whorled photosynthetic branchlets. The leaves are minute and whorled. The male flowers are minute and are clustered at …

The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species of trees and shrubs native to the Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific Islands.

Family Casuarinaceae Description: Dioecious or monoecious trees or shrubs with slender wiry articulate branchlets. Leaves reduced to teeth in whorls of 4–20, portion of branchlet between whorls of teeth termed an 'article'; articles with as many longitudinal ridges (phyllichnia) as there are teeth, separated by closed [or open] furrows.

Casuarinaceae in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-03-03. Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. (2009).

Casuarinaceae Family Description A family of four genera and 90 species in SE Asia, Malesia , Australia and the Pacific islands; three genera occur naturally in Australia.