Distribution of Callitris roei (Bowman and Harris 1995). Basemap from Expedia Maps. You can also create a highly detailed map, and access specimen data, using the "search" function at the Australia Virtual Herbarium.
Distribution of Callitris roei (Bowman and Harris 1995). Basemap from Expedia Maps. You can also create a highly detailed map, and access specimen data, using the "search" function at the Australia Virtual Herbarium.
Callitris roei
Cypress-pine.
Syn: Frenela roei Endlicher; F. subcordata Parlatore (Dallimore et al. 1967).
"A shrub or small tree with stout, erect branches and flexuose, spreading branchlets. LEAVES 1/8 - 1/5 in. long, the dorsal surface acutely keeled. CONES globose, 1/2 - 3/4 in. in diameter, on short, stout stalks; scales 6, very thick, the smaller ones triangular and pointed, the larger ones blunt, smooth, prominently angled when closed; each with a large, conical dorsal point near the apex" (Dallimore et al. 1967).
Limited to a few localities in Western Australia (Dallimore et al. 1967).
Zone 10 (cold hardiness limit between -1°C and +4.4°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).
No data as of 2023.03.03.
The epithet honors J. S. Roe (1797-1878), who collected the original type specimens. Stored at the Wein herbarium, these were destroyed during World War 2; Farjon collected the neotype.
Mueller, F.J.H. von. 1882. Systematic Census of Australian Plants, Melbourne: Bird M'Carron. p.109. Available at archive.org, accessed 2012.11.24.
Farjon (2005) provides a detailed account, with illustrations.
Last Modified 2023-03-03
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