Skip to main content

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. The project team is now conducting testing of the migrated data, and a further update will be provided by the end of the financial year (1 July). 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 Wednesday, 1 July 2026 +08:00.

Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Miscellaneous new Hibbertia species (Dilleniaceae) from the south coast and adjacent interior of Western Australia
WHEELER, J.R.

Five new species of Hibbertia Andr. are formally described. Hibbertia oligantha J.R. Wheeler, Hibbertia pachyphylla J.R. Wheeler, Hibbertia papillata J.R. Wheeler, Hibbertia psilocarpa J.R. Wheeler and Hibbertia turleyana J.R. Wheeler all from the south coast area of the South-West Botanical Province (Esperance Plains region and Mallee region) with two species extending to the southern Eremaean Province (Coolgardie region). All species are mapped and the three having conservation priority are illustrated.