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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

New to Nuytsia

NUYTSIA

New taxa in Styphelia, Tecticornia and Eucalyptus have been published today including the Rattlesnake Samphire (Tecticornia crotalus), which has an inflorescence that has been fancifully likened to a rattlesnake’s tail.

Volume 35 of Nuytsia is now complete and includes 58 novel taxa, more than two thirds of which are poorly known or geographically restricted. A PDF of the full volume can now be downloaded following a recent Florabase update that includes a revamped display to improve navigation between volumes, issues and articles.

We thank everyone who has helped make 2024 another botanically productive year.

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Photograph of Tecticornia crotalus (Rattlesnake Samphire) by Kelly Shepherd.