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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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| Olary Spur (FLB03) | Flinders Lofty Block | Data Deficient |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
| Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [checked with Bob Chinnock] |
| Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [limited habitat, edge of range] |
| Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Near Threatened [undercollected] |
| Breakaways (STP01) | Stony Plains | Least Concern |
| Oodnadatta (STP02) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [limited habitat] |
| Witjira (STP06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| Baltana (STP07) | | Least Concern |
| Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| 2 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Data Deficient |
| Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | Gawler | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| 2 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Rare |
| Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Near Threatened [undercollected] |
| 4 of 7 subregions | Stony Plains | Least Concern , Rare |
| Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Everard Block (CER03) | Central Ranges | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
| Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Kochia ovata
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges, Eastern
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
| Location | No. of seeds
(weight grams) | Number
of plants | Date
collected | Collection number
Collection location | Date
stored | % Viability | Storage
temperature | BGA
MSB | 19,000 (35.5 g)
19,000 (35.5 g) | 50+ | 22-Sep-2016 | JRG459
Lake Eyre | 1-Nov-2017 | 100% | -18°C |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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| Date | Result | T0 | T50 | Pre-treatment | Germination medium | Incubator: Photoperiod / Thermoperiod |
| May-17 | 6% | 63 | NA |
250 mg/L gibberellic acid for 24 h;
1% agar;
Incubated under winter conditions |
| May-17 | 3% | 49 | NA |
1% agar;
Incubated under winter conditions |
Result: Maximum percentage of germination observed.
T0: Number of days before first germinant observed.
T50: Number of days to achieve 50% germination.
Pre-treatment: The initial treatment that the seeds received prior to placement on germination media.
Germination medium: The substrate that seeds were placed on for the duration of the germination experiment.
Incubator conditions:
Photoperiod: The duration of light exposure that the seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Thermoperiod: The constant or diurnal temperatures that seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Winter conditions: 15°C 20 h (3am→11pm); 5°C 4 h (11pm→3am) / 10 h light (8am→6pm); 14 h dark (6pm→8am)
Spring/Autumn conditions: 22°C 12 h (8am→8pm); 10°C 12 h (8pm→8am) / 12 h light (8am→8pm); 12 h dark (8pm→8am)
Summer conditions: 30°C 14 h (6am→8pm); 15°C 10 h (8pm→6am) / 14 h light (6am→8pm); 10 h dark (8pm→6am)
