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Showing Gardenia jabiluka
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- jabiluka(sp.)
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Type: north side of 'Swift' Creek, 0.7 km from crossing, 4.1 km from Oenpelli road turn-off to 'Gerringbar Escarpment', 12 deg 29 min S, 132 deg 50 min E, Darwin and Gulf District, Northern Territory, 8 September 1979, C.F. Puttock UNSW 9044 & A. Murray (holo: NSW; iso: BRI, CANB, DNA, UNSW) (fruiting specimen).
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APC Dist.: NT
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Etymology: The specific epithet is the Gagadu name for the outlier of the escarpment close to the type locality. It means 'mosquito dreaming'.