WESTERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
WESTERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
Available Names:
Western Desert Cracraft 1991: 214.
Additional synonomies:
Western Desert — Crisp et al. 1995: 460. (Southern Desert Ladiges et al. 2011: 33), (Central Desert Ladiges et al. 2011: 32–33), (Pilbara [in part] Cracraft 1991: 214), (Pilbara [in part] Crisp et al. 1995: 460)
Area Taxonomy:
TERRESTRIAL PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
Sub-Realm:
AUSTRALIA (de Candolle 1820)
Region:
EREMAEAN Tate 1889
Sub-Region:
WESTERN DESERT Cracraft 1991
Diagnosis:
A semi-arid to desert area extending in the south from Shark Bay to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to the Petermann Ranges in northwestern South Australia and Northern Territory. In the north extending from the Petermann Ranges to Lake Dennis and Exmouth in Western Australia
Type-locality:
Veevers Crater, Western Australia, 22°58′12 S, 125°22′21″E.
The Western Desert sub-region has been extended further west to include the southern part of the Pilbara
sub-region Cracraft 1991 based on the geo-spatial analysis by González-Orozco, Ebach et al. (2014). In addition,
the Western Desert has been restricted in latitude, with the former northern boundary in line with Lake Dennis and
Exmouth.
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