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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Nuytsia is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original papers on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of Australian (particularly Western Australian) plants, algae and fungi, especially descriptions of taxa, revisions, identification guides, nomenclatural and taxonomic issues, systematic analyses and classifications, censuses, and information on invasive species.

Nuytsia was founded in 1970 and is named after Nuytsia floribunda (Christmas Tree; Moodjar; Kaanya Tree), an arborescent root hemiparasite endemic to south-west Western Australia that is of cultural significance to Noongar Aborigines. One-fifth of all published native plant names for Western Australia have been formally established in the journal, including over one-quarter of the conservation-listed taxa in the State. Refer to the cumulative index to scientific names published in Nuytsia for details, and to the 50th anniversary edition for a synopsis of the journal’s impact.

Nuytsia moved to a hybrid print/online publication model in 2013 and became an online-only publication in 2024. Papers are published electronically on Florabase by the Western Australian Herbarium and are freely available for download and distribution for bona fide scientific or educational use. The journal is also electronically available via the Biodiversity Heritage Library and DBCA library, and is also archived with the National edeposit database. Written permission to use and/or re-publish images and botanical illustrations must be obtained from the Managing Editor. A hard copy of each volume is no longer produced, and subscriptions no longer taken.

Opinions expressed by authors in articles published in Nuytsia are their own and do not necessarily represent the policies or views of the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

© Copyright Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. ISSN 0085-4417 (print: 1970–2023); ISSN 2200-2790 (online).

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Published on 25 September 2025.

Pseudobryopsis australis (Ulvophyceae, Pseudobryopsidaceae), a new species of marine green algae from south-west Western Australia

HUISMAN, J.M. AND VERBRUGGEN, H., Nuytsia 36: 95–99 (2025)

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Synonymisation of Verticordia spicata subsp. squamosa under V. spicata (Myrtaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence

RYE, B.L. AND BINKS, R.M., Nuytsia 36: 101–105 (2025)

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Three new species of Eremophila (Scrophulariaceae) from the goldfields of Western Australia

BUIRCHELL, B.J. AND BROWN, A.P., Nuytsia 36: 107–113 (2025)

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Goodenia jabailyea and Scaevola goodsiorum (Goodeniaceae), two new species from the Mallee bioregion of Western Australia

SHEPHERD, K.A., DAVIS, R.W. AND SAGE, L.W., Nuytsia 36: 115–121 (2025)

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Three new species separated from the eastern Australian Haemodorum planifolium (Haemodoraceae)

MACFARLANE, T.D. AND BARRETT, R.L., Nuytsia 36: 123–139 (2025)

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The taxonomy of the eastern Australian species Haemodorum planifolium R.Br. is reviewed and it is divided into four species, three of them new. Haemodorum brevistylum T.Macfarlane & R.L.Barrett occurs mainly in the South Coast and Southern Tablelands regions, north to the Central Coast and Central Tablelands of New South Wales. Haemodorum collevatum T.Macfarlane & R.L.Barrett has a limited distribution in the Northern and Central Coast regions from Sydney to Newcastle. Haemodorum celsum R.L.Barrett & T.Macfarlane is a species of the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales and the Granite Belt in the southern Darling Downs District of Queensland. Haemodorum planifolium is re-described and lectotypified. In the revised sense, H. planifolium occurs in the Central Coast and Central Tablelands regions of New South Wales (i.e. Wollongong to Gosford, inland to Newnes). All species are illustrated and mapped and a key to the Haemodorum species of New South Wales is provided.

An annotated checklist of Haemodoraceae, including new taxa and new combinations

HOPPER, STEPHEN D., SMITH, R.J. AND HICKMAN, E.J., Nuytsia 36: 141–238 (2025)

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In order to provide an up-to-date checklist of Haemodoraceae informed by published and forthcoming molecular phylogenetics, we describe the following new taxa and make new combinations as follows: Haemodorum subg. Gemina Hopper & R.J.Sm., H. subg. Antiqua Hopper & R.J.Sm., H. sandifordiae Hopper & E.J.Hickman, H. clarksonii Hopper & E.J.Hickman, H. ghungalorum Hopper, Paradilatris (Hopper ex J.C.Manning) Hopper, Paradilatris viscosa (L.f.) Hopper, Wachendorfia laxa W.F.Barker ex Hopper, Conostylis subg. Appendicula (Geer.) Hopper, C. subg. Divaricata (Hopper) Hopper, C. sect. Terraflora Hopper, C. glabra Hopper, C. magna Hopper, C. bungalbin Hopper, C. aculeata R.Br. subsp. bolghinup Hopper, C. robusta Diels subsp. hickmaniae Hopper, C. dasys (Hopper) Hopper, Anigozanthos decrescens (Hopper) Hopper & R.J.Sm., A. condingupensis Hopper & R.J.Sm., A. knappiorum Hopper, A. yorlining Hopper, A. humilis Lindl. subsp. grandis Hopper, A. viridis subsp. sophrosyne Hopper, and A. viridis Endl. subsp. metallicus Hopper. We also reinstate Haemodoraceae tribe Wachendorfieae, Haemodorum subvirens F.Muell., H. leptostachyum Benth. and H. flaviflorum W.Fitzg., and make adjustments in the circumscription of subgeneric taxa in Conostylis R.Br. and Anigozanthos Labill. Notes on variation in need of further taxonomic research are provided in the checklist. With these changes Haemodoraceae is a family of two subfamilies, four tribes, 16 genera and 132 species as follows: Haemodoraceae subfamily Haemodoroideae (10 genera/51 species) comprising tribe Haemodoreae Dumort. (4/38) and tribe Wachendorfieae Dumort. (6/13), and subfamily Conostylidoideae T.Macfarlane & Hopper (6/81) comprising tribe Conostyleae Benth. (5/69) and tribe Tribonantheae T.Macfarlane & Hopper (1/12). We do not support the recent recognition of Haemodoraceae tribe Anigozantheae Z.H.Feng.
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