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Chippendale (1988) adopted the series name Striolntne from Maiden, but with our 
modified circumscription following Pryor and Johnson, and included 14 species. 
Brooker (2000) coined the superfluous name Aquiloninres for essentially the same group. 
We now recognise 32 species in this group, falling into eight subgroups or subseries 
(Table 5, and see key below). Most species occur in areas which have until recently 
been poorly collected, and confusion has surrounded species determination and 
nomenclature. All species except some of the E. coolabah Blakely & Jacobs group are 
tropical in occurrence (Hill & Johnson 1994). Members of this series may be locally 
abundant, but tend not to dominate large tracts of country in the manner of, for 
example, the related £. albens Benth. in New South Wales. 
Table 5. A classification of the tropical boxes. Section Adnataria, 
Section Adnataria 
Series Oliganthae 
Subseries Leptophlebosae 
E. leptophleba 
E. pa tel laris 
Subseries Oliganthosae 
E. oligantha 
subsp. oligantha 
subsp. modica 
E. fitzgeraldii 
E. koolpinensis 
Subseries Tectificosae 
E. tectifica 
E, costuligera 
Subseries Chlorophyllosae 
E. chlorophylla 
Subseries Argillaceosae 
£ epruinata 
E. microneura 
E. tropica 
E. leucophylla 
£. limitaris 
E. tephrodes 
E. argillacea 
E. xerothermica 
series Oliganthae. 
Subseries Distantosae 
E. distans 
E. obconica 
Subseries Microthecosae 
E. acroleuca 
E. microtheca 
E. cyanoclada 
E. barklyensis 
E. gymnoteles 
E. helenae 
E. coolabah 
subsp. excerata 
subsp. coolabah 
subsp. arida 
E. victrix 
Subseries Pruinorosae 
E. pruinosa 
subsp. tenuata 
subsp. pruinosa 
Key to the subseries 
1 Fruits persistent, more or less woody 
2 Adult leaves disjunct, petiolate 
3 Adult leaves ovate to orbiculate . Subseries Oliganthosae 
3* Adult leaves narrowly to broadly lanceolate 
4 Adult leaves glossy 
5 Fruits large, with thick valves. Subseries Leptophlebosae 
5* Fruits small, with thin valves . Subseries Chlorophyllosae 
4* Adult leaves dull 
