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♦ E. costuligera 
A E. tectifica 
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Fig. 13. Distribution of E. costuligera, E. tectifica. 
Subseries Argillaceosae 
Bark fully persistent. Adult leaves dull, narrow-lanceolate to narrow-ovate. Fruit 
small to large, persistent. Seeds dark grey-brown or charcoal to black. 
A subseries generally occurring in the drier parts of the monsoon savanna region, 
extending onto drier sites in some wetter areas. The nine species are closely related, 
and occur in a geographic replacement pattern with some overlap, where ecological 
segregation is evident. 
Key to species (after Brooker & Kleinig 1994) 
1 Twigs, leaves and buds glaucous 
2 Qld species 
3 Fruits cup-shaped. 
3* Fruits obconical. 
2* NT and WA species 
4 Fruits cup-shaped . 
4* Fruits obconical . 
1* Twigs, leaves and buds not glaucous 
5 Qld species 
6 Fruits cup-shaped . 
6* Fruits obconical. 
5* NT and WA species 
. E. tropica 
E. microneura 
. E. tephrodes 
.. E. argillacea 
.. E. epruinata 
E. leucophylla 
