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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s flora taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not currently being reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or the census. Due to the substantial work involved in data mapping, cleaning, and verification, the migration to the new collection management software is not expected to occur before 1 May 2026, when a further update will be provided. Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

The notice period started at 9:45 am on Friday, 12 December 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Saturday, 2 May 2026 +08:00.

New to Nuytsia

NUYTSIA

Research papers on Styphelia, Amanita and several genera in Orchidaceae and Myrtaceae subtribe Hysterobaeckeinae were published in Nuytsia today. They include the formal description of 19 new taxa, among them a new species endemic to the Northern Territory.

Please be aware that the newly named taxa will only appear on Florabase once an essential upgrade to the Herbarium’s collection database is complete, which is taking longer than expected. We appreciate your patience.

This year’s cover features the whimsically named Crab Claws (Stylidium macranthum Carlquist), a Triggerplant with a distribution centred on the Esperance Plains in south-western Australia. Photograph from Cape Le Grand National Park by Juliet Wege.

Crab Claws (Stylidium macranthum Carlquist). Photograph by Juliet Wege.