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NORTHERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
NORTHERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
Available Names:
Northern Desert Cracraft 1991: 214
Additional synonomies:
(Pilbara [in part] Cracraft 1991: 214), (Eastern Desert [in part] Cracraft 1991: 214), (Northern Desert Crisp et al. 1995: 460), (Pilbara [in part] Crisp et al. 1995: 460), (Eastern Desert [in part] Crisp et al. 1995: 460), (Northern Desert Ladiges et al. 2011: 32)
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA (de Candolle 1820)
Region:
NORTHERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
Diagnosis:
Bounded by the Kimberley and Arnhem Land sub-regions of the Northern region in the north, extending as far south as Port Headland in Western Australia, across to Longreach, Queensland in the east, where it is bounded by the Eremaean and Eastern Queensland regions.
Type-locality:
Mount Singleton, Northern Territory, 21°55’27.59”S 130°45’57.39”E
Ebach et al. (2013) had originally chosen Riversleigh, Queensland as the type locality for the Northern
Desert. Riversleigh is, however, situated in the Eastern Desert sub-region, indicating that the Northern Desert subregion
is a synonym of the Eastern Desert. Given the error in Ebach et al. (2013), we retain the Northern Desert and
assign a new type, Mount Singleton, Northern Territory.
González-Orozco, Ebach et al. (2014) proposed the Northern Desert region as being closely related to Northern
Australian Region, thereby being separate to the Eremaean.
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