Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

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Showing Cochlospermum arafuricum

Bixaceae Kunth

, legitimate

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136-139, Figs 1, 2 (map) APC

[tax. nov.]

Type: "Holotype: Northern Territory: Darwin and Gulf Region: Arafura Swamp, Mirrynatja, 16 June 1999, I.D. Cowie 8345 (DNA, 2 sheets, plus spirit)."

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[n/a]

Etymology: "The epithet arafuricum is a reference to Arafura Swamp in central Arnhem Land, around which the distribution of the species is centred, and the Arafura Sea which is immediately to the north. At over 700 km [square] in area with important biodiversity values, Arafura Swamp is one of the largest seasonally inundated freshwater swamps in the NT, is listed as a wetland of national significance in the Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia and is also of international significance (Brennan et al. 2003; Brennan undated; Environment Australia 2001)."