''Nuytsia'' is a
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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published by the
Western Australian Herbarium
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It is part of the State government's Department of Parks and Wildlife, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Austr ...
. It publishes papers on
systematic botany
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, giving preference to papers related to the flora of
Western Australia
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. Nearly twenty percent of Western Australia's plant
taxa
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have been published in ''Nuytsia''. The journal was established in 1970 and has appeared irregularly since. The
editor-in-chief
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is
Kevin Thiele
Kevin R. Thiele is currently an adjunct associate professor at the University of Western Australia and the director of Taxonomy Australia. He was the curator of the Western Australian Herbarium from 2006 to 2015. His research interests include ...
.
''Nuytsia'' is named after the monospecific genus ''Nuytsia'', whose only species is ''
Nuytsia floribunda'', the Western Australian Christmas tree.
Occasionally, the journal has published special issues, such as an issue in 2007 substantially expanding described species from Western Australia.
Publication details
The record of the issues published is found at the ''
FloraBase
''FloraBase'' is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details. 1,272 alie ...
'' database.
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Publications established in 1970
Botany journals
Botany in Western Australia
English-language journals
Irregular journals
1970 establishments in Australia
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