Plants of
South Australia
Leptomeria aphylla
Santalaceae
Leafless Currant-bush
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Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
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Oodnadatta
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Wudinna
Keith
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 13

Prior names

Leptomeria pungens

Distribution and status

Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
BGA 
MSB
720 (4 g)
1,120 (6.2 g)
19-Oct-2005MKJ88
Southern Lofty
8-Aug-200695%-18°C
BGA320 (1.600 g)2-Dec-2021DJD4083
Kangaroo Island
7-Jul-202290%-18°C
BGA1,300 (6.580 g)5230-Oct-2021DJD4113
Kangaroo Island
7-Jul-202260%-18°C
BGA490 (2.440 g)8526-Oct-2021DJD4114
Kangaroo Island
7-Jul-202258%-18°C
BGA300 (1.550 g)931-Oct-2021D.A.Young
Kangaroo Island
7-Jul-202252%-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.