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Nuytsia
The journal of the Western Australian Herbarium

Volume 36

Issue Date: 8 July 2025

Permalink: https://doi.org/10.58828/niss00174

Acacia yinnetharra (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from the Gascoyne bioregion of Western Australia

MASLIN, B.R. AND WILSON, A.J.G., Nuytsia 36: 61–66 (2025)

Brachyloma brevilobum and Conostephium interstans, two new epacrids (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae) from remote areas of the central south coast of Western Australia

HISLOP, M. AND WALKERDEN, K., Nuytsia 36: 67–73 (2025)

Severing the first head of the Hydra: Drosera actinioides, a new species from the D. paradoxa complex of D. sect. Lasiocephala (Droseraceae)

JUVE, N.O., FLEISCHMANN, A. AND KRUEGER, T., Nuytsia 36: 75–84 (2025)

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Drosera actinioides Juve, A.Fleischm. & T.Krueger, a new species of D. sect. Lasiocephala Planch. from the Northern Kimberley bioregion (Western Australia), is described and illustrated. It can be distinguished from all known members of this section by its distinctive floral features comprising highly branched, blackish red styles and metallic orange petals, among other characters. Detailed notes on its ecology, distribution, and conservation status are provided.

Updates to Western Australia’s vascular plant census for 2024

PERCY-BOWER, J.M. AND PARKER, C.M., Nuytsia 36: 85–94 (2025)