EREMAEAN Tate 1889
EREMAEAN Tate 1889
Available Names:
Eremian Tate 1889: 315.
Additional synonomies:
(Eremaean. — Diels 1906: 40), (Central or Eremaean.—Takhtajan 1986: 274), (Eremaean [in part] Ebach et al. (2013): 322)
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA (de Candolle 1820)
Region:
EREMAEAN Tate 1889
Diagnosis:
The semi-arid to dry desert region bounded by the Euronotian region to the south east, Eastern Queensland region to the east, the Southwest region in the west and the Northern region to the north.
Type-locality:
Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia, 28°10'30.04"S 137°17'32.60"E.
The Eremaean region formerly included all semi-arid to desert areas bounded by the Southwest and
Euronotian regions. However, González-Orozco, Ebach et al. (2014) have discovered that there is a distinct division
between the north and south of this region, the south sharing greater affinities with the Southwest region and the
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Northern Desert sharing greater affinity with the Northern region. In order to preserve the name, the Eremaean region
is restricted to the south where the type locality Lake Eyre is found.
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