CENTRAL DESERT Ebach et al. 2015
CENTRAL DESERT Ebach et al. 2015
Available Names:
Central Desert Ebach et al. 2015: 273
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA (de Chadolle 1820)
Region:
NORTHERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
Sub-Region:
CENTRAL DESERT Ebach et al. 2015
Diagnosis:
The area east of the Great Sandy Desert bounded in the south by the Gibson Desert, the Macdonnell Ranges and the Simpson Desert. Extends into Queensland, bounded in the south by the Selwyn Range and the east by the Gregory Range, lying south of the Cape York, Arnhem Land and Kimberly sub-regions.
Type-locality:
Mount Singleton, Northern Territory, 21°55’27.59”S 130°45’57.39”E
González-Orozco, Ebach et al. (2014) recovered a large central area within the Northern Desert region.
While it covers much of Cracraft’s original Northern Desert region, it extends further east and west into the Sandy
Desert Interzone and Central Queensland sub-regions. The Central Desert sub-region is considered to the type for the
Northern Desert Region
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