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Thcseare the G. feslt?.)n.l speciescomplexes wh ich presentgreat d iflicu ltiesfor specicsdetermination complex'whicl') compfex,whichincl udesG.schw(1rzii,G e$tartiiattG megasPetma,andtheGfucal'r indepcndent' includesG. p-vri/brmis,G../itucicttla and G. jabilufui Thetwocomplexcs arenotentirely and G' /eti'')s4 subsp with the pos;ibility of gene flow between G pyriformis subsP keartldndii aims to identity thc kinberleyensis. With such taxonomic tiifficulties, the treatmentpresented here needto rccognizableclemcnts \\'ithin the complexes' and by sodoing draw attention to thecontinuing much rcfin-ethe understandingofall thetaxa involvcd A conservativeapproach wouldhavehiddcn problemsare resolved The ofthe observablediveriity and ledto the assumptionthat the taxonomic problematicsubgenus complexityof this savannahwoodland group is comparableto the equally Bergfuas(Sonn.) Vcrdc. ofcentral and southem Africa (Verdcourt 1979)' Materialsand methods FAA (fomalin-acetic Dcscriptionsof taxalverc madc from driedherbarium spcc imens, ethano I or followedthat dcscribedin acid-alcohol)preserved specimens' and living material Datacollection Puttock&Quinn(inpress)'MorphologicalterminologyusedinthiSpapcrfollowsthatofPuttock(1988)' spur' ln some Thevertical extension ofthc calyx'gencra)ly regarded as calyx lobes' is termed'calyx u'iththe calyx speciesthis structureis continuousrvith the hypanthium and may not bc homologous ofrr?dolrbeing lobes.The terminology used for bark and blaze fbllows I Iyland(1982) with the exception Substitutcdft.lrntlntlescrip|'Conscrvationstatuswitsdetermined|romfieldobservations,|ocal ( I996) knorvleclgeantl herbarium collections, using the standardsprovided by Briggs& Leigh exceplionof All taxawere examincd across thcir known distributional ranges in thefield with thc Garcleniugartlneri'MuchofthemateriaIrvascollectedduringseveralfieldtripSthatresultedinafloriStic (Puttock WaterhouseI 981). All surveyof ihe MagelaCrcek catchmcnt area of NorthernTerritory & thefollowinghelbaria: spccies*cre alro examinedon herbariurnmaterialheld at, or availablefor loanfrom, AO.EISH,gIT,SNI,gM,CANB,CBG,DNA,JCT,K'L.MEL,NSWNY'PERTH,QRS'SYD,UNSW'US' publishedduringthe first Relativelylittle taxonomic literature dealing with Australian Gardenla was halfofthiscentury'andthiSconsiStsoflittlcmorctltanspecieslists'andlikewiseintherecentecological Generallythe andfloristic studies such as the floristicsurveys in theKakadu and Kimberley regions speciesnanrescitedintheseeartieraccountscannotbereliedupon.ForthiStreatmentlhaveattcmpted toobtainallcoltectionsusedinthosepublishedaccountsandhavelistcdthetleatmentsundeltheir appropriatespecies wherever possible (1 keytothe species' I'hecalyx, rvhich was the celltraltaxonomic characterusedby Bentham 867)in his isavoided in thecurrent wasiound to bc extrcmelyvariab le with in somespe cies (c g G reslaosa)and vegetativeand lruit key for spccieswhere it is unreliable Thekcy prescntedhere endeavours to use slsuanprttlotl g iuol ruu g-g lecrped :uaruelndurql E drDcopuapuD reful ,(uotsploqluoqr c tnoqtr,r 'IJrqtuluZ r d.]ecoseuripcuaqdsqns ol prosdr ne ,(lp€olq trnljl *II " tutadsoiaw'g 8uol uru g 1-gl lecrped :d:eJopueueruulnd lorql puu re,{e1,{uols proquroqr p Sulssessod ')lllql ruu t-t &Ecosau:uJojrsnJ fluoqs o1pro,\oqo,{l,ro.ueu lruJ I I " II SuolruuE y -g selorted:Suol (rlru gz-g l eqnlEllorol '.{cr8 :,rolle( flsnr ol arqJopaluoru tqBrlIrpq :3uolturu 0/-9e llmJ *01 'rllssasqns Da)lJas'D 3uo1tuur E-g se;ortod sc^?el:3uo1 uru 71-61 eqnlElloioc :u^\oJq IrEp ot e^neuIsnocnEIS IJEq :3uol turu gZ-02 tlnrg Ot al x6 " 0l snoecues01 asolueruol se^€el 6 'ns€tuld srsua{a1taqu11dsqns ,s(rurs""r , (ErlEJtsnVulelse/A lteqtlrl,!) snourserlou '3uo1 turu9-g selndrls :artdt lla ,{1,$otrpu ot eleloeJuElqosu[uDI rllr^\ se^e3'I *g ,soarsr|dsqns 2r?u!sat '0 """""" (ellEJlsnvuletsey'A ',{elJequr) urolsuapul:,ftolurcl urequoNuelse,r-qgou) snourser,{qsnordoo fllensn3uo1 ruu 1 1-g(g)selndrls :Jlldllla ot ale^opultutl qlrMsa^€a.I g """" 'Suol 8 3uo1ruru g g-g 1 slacrpad q1r,r ruLug f -0t lrn.rJ:Irpq u,/{orqIIPp qlr,{\slueld */ 'D ltpuoluDal dsqnss!rarol!.r,{d Suolruru g l -Eslecrpad qtr.,rr '3uo1 ruu gg-771rnr;:Ir?q ,\\olle,{,{tsnr ot erLllopeltloul {ar8 qtl,{{stu9ld / ' 'Suol 'pro^o t Suolruu Eg- g slecrpedqlr,{ urtrls t-ZZ ol lecrraqdsqns lrn.rl *9 'g 'l?cuoqds rllt ruayo dsqr\sslta,rol!,tiftl Suolrulu g-ZsleJlped qlr,\\'Jaletuatp uu 9l-01 ltnJl 9 slutollttd dsqr\sslu,tt{1,tf,tl'g esu?psa^eel uo urqueunpur :fup ueq,r qloous 1tn{ 'leJupurl,{J 'pto^o :trnr.I.qt olul Suucdellou Ierrped:3uot uLu (/Z)ZZ-g I lrnrJ *g o\ncnl'g esrudsser\eel uo unlueunpul:,{lp uoqmasolnSnl 'lrn{ 'lccueqds eqlolur Suuadel Xlldmqe lorrped LreleuEr p ruru (0 t)02-91 lrnrC A " 9 sura^.,osllpd (01)6 ol / qlr,{\se^De'l *t '''' ''''''''''''' surJ^.;os-rrcd E1 ol 0l{o)rltr^\sJ^pJ-l t . 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