NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Ebach et al. 2015

Available Names:

Northern Australia Ebach et al. 2015: 266

Additional synonomies:

(Euronotian [in part] Tate 1889: 315)

Area Taxonomy:

TERRESTRIAL PHYTOGEOGRAPHICAL AREAS

Sub-Realm:

AUSTRALIA (de Candolle 1820)

Region:

NORTHERN AUSTRALIA Ebach et al. 2015

Diagnosis:

Northern Australia between Broome in Western Australia and Mackay in Queensland, including the area north of the Great Sandy and Tanami deserts and Barkly Tableland.

Type-locality:

Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu, Northern Territory, Australia, 12°52’1.10”S 132°48’40.14”E.

Originally part of the Euronotian (Tate 1889), the Northern region is defined by a recent analysis by
González-Orozco, Ebach et al. (2014), in which the northern part of the Euronotian was separated as an unrelated
region. Given that it has greater biotic and taxonomic affinities with the Eremaean, it has been placed into its own
region. Bowman et al. (2010) recovered a similar area, which they refer to as the Australian Monsoonal Tropical biome
(AMT). The AMT is a region of fragmented smaller areas that are separated by larger biogeographical barriers. We feel
that the AMT is a better fit within the Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (Olsen et al. 2001), as the biome is based
on climate and vegetation and habitat types. Each of the smaller areas is synonymised within the sub-regions of the
Northern Australia region.

Map:

Reference:

A revised area taxonomy of phytogeographical regions within the Australian Bioregionalisation Atlas

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