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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Apatophyllum macgillivrayi (Celastraceae), a new species from south-west Western Australia
CRANFIELD, R.J. AND LANDER, N.S.

A new species of Apatophyllum (Celastraceae) endemic to the Austin Botanical District of the Eremaean Botanical Province of Western Australia, namely A. macgillivrayi Cranfield & Lander, is described. A key to species of Apatophyllum and a map of their distribution is provided. The differences between Apatophyllum and the putatively related genus Psammomoya are briefly noted.