Linnaeus, C. (November 1759), Amoenitates Academicae 4: 143 [tax. nov.]

• Type: Casuarina equisetifolia L.

Aiton, W. (1789), Hortus Kewensis 3: 320 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1861), Sixth Systematic Index of the Plants indigenous to the Colony of Victoria. Victoria - Parliamentary Papers- Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly: 18 [secondary reference]

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 22 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 69 [secondary reference]

common name: Oaks [n/a]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 505 [secondary reference]

common name: Shea-oaks [n/a] common name: Queensland Oak [n/a]

Black, J.M. (1924), Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia 2: 155 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: From the resemblance of the drooping branches to the feathers of the cassowary, Latin Casuarius.

Ewart, A.J. (1925), Handbook of Forest Trees for Victorian Foresters: 57 [secondary reference]

Black, J.M. (January 1948), Casuarinaceae-Euphorbiaceae. Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 2: 257 [secondary reference]

• Etymology: "From the resemblance of the drooping branches to the feathers of the cassowary, Latin Casuarius."

Barlow, B.A. (1959), Chromosome Numbers in the Casuarinaceae. Australian Journal of Botany 7(3): 230-237 [secondary reference]

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 296 [secondary reference]

Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 92-93 [secondary reference]

Curtis, W.M. (1967), Angiospermae: Plumbaginaceae to Salicaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 3: 642-643 [secondary reference]

Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970), Flora of the Australian Capital Territory: 143 [secondary reference]

Friis, I. (August 1980), The authority and date of publication of the genus Casuarina and its type species. Taxon 29(4): 499-501 [secondary reference]

Bennett, E.M. & George, A.S. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981), Casuarinaceae. Flora of Central Australia: 15 [secondary reference]

Cronquist, A.J. (1981), An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants: 230 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 99 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1984), Casuarinaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 1: 50-52 [secondary reference]

Rye, B.L. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987), Casuarinaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 1: 75 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. & Johnson, L.A.S. in George, A.S. (ed.) (1989), Casuarinaceae. Flora of Australia 3: 103-110 APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (native and naturalised), Qld, NSW, NI (naturalised), ACT

Wilson, K.L. & Johnson, L.A.S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1990), Casuarinaceae. Flora of New South Wales 1: 508 [secondary reference]

Johnson, L.A.S. & Wilson, K.L. in Kubitzki, K. (ed.) (1993), Casuarinaceae. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2: 241, Fig. 42F, 43 [secondary reference]

Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 71 [secondary reference]

Entwisle, T.J. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1996), Casuarinaceae. Flora of Victoria 3: 91 [secondary reference]

Wilson, K.L. & Johnson, L.A.S. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2000), Casuarinaceae. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 1: 508 [secondary reference]

Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 112 [secondary reference]

Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 159 [secondary reference]

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