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The epithet is from the Greek tephros, ash-grey, with the Greek termination -odes, -oides, 
resembling, from the grey-glaucous foliage. 
Selected specimens (from 21 examined): Western Australia: c. 40 km N of Halls Ck, Beadle 179, 22 
Sep 1972 (NSW); between Turkey Creek and Halls Creek, Breaker 7743, 26 Oct 1982 (CANB, NSW, 
PERTH); c. 4 km NW of Mt Meharry on access track to Trig Point, Hill 483, Johnson, Blaxell, Brooker 
& Edgecombe, 1 Nov 1983 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 118.9 km W of Newman on track to Tom Price 
via Mt Mehan-v, (22°56'S, 118°53'E), Hill 485, Johnson, Blaxell, Brooker, Edgecombe, 1 Nov 1983 
(NSW, CANB, K, PERTH); 54 km SW of Halls Ck on highway, Hill 989, 990, Johnson & Benson, 
2 Aug 1984 (NSW); 7.6 km from Bedford Downs towards Lansdowne, Hill 3470, Johnson & Stanberg, 
25 Nov 1988 (NSW); Teronis Gorge at Chamberlain River crossing, Hitt 3485, Johnson & Stanberg, 
26 Nov 1988 (NSW, CANB, PERTH); 6-8 km from New Halls Ck on rd to Halls Ck, Johnson 2065, 
25 Aug 1967 (NSW); 0.8 km NW of Bedford Downs Homestead, Johnson 2068, 25 Aug 1967 (NSW); 
14 miles [23 km] S of Rockhole Station, Lazarides 3190, 23 Aug 1952 (CANB, BRI, NSW, NT, PERTH); 
16 miles [25.5 km] W of Halls Ck township. Perry 3179, 17 Aug 1952 (CANB, BRI, K, NSW, DNA, 
PERTH, US). 
13. Eucalyptus xerothermica L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill, sp. nov. 
Ab E. limitari distinguitur: folia crassiuscula; pedicellis et pedunculis brevioribus; 
fructus proportione latiores. 
Type: Western Australia: 'Palm Pool', c. 5 km W (downstream) of Millstream Tavern 
(old homestead) on Fortescue River, K.D. Hill 430, L.A.S. Johnson, D.F. Blaxell, M.I.H. 
Brooker & W. Edgecombe, 30 Oct 1983 (holo NSW; iso CANB, PERTH). 
[E. sp. VV Brooker & Kleinig 1994)] 
Tree or mallee to 6 m tall. Bark fully persistent, yellowish-grey to grey-brown, shortly 
fibrous-flakey (box). Adult leaves disjunct, similifacial, dull green, narrow-lanceolate 
to broad-lanceolate, rounded to acute, 110-230 mm long, 10-35 mm wide, 0.39-0.51 mm 
thick; petioles thick, 9-21 mm long; lateral veins closely-spaced, regular, at 40-60° to 
