10 #Myrtaceae genera have been newly added to the online #FloraOfAustralia – Aluta, Anticoryne, Astartea, Astus, Austrobaeckea, Balaustion, Cheyniana, Enekbatus, Ericomyrtus and Euryomyrtus. That’s >100 taxon profiles available at https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Myrtaceae

It's been a pleasure to work with Myrtaceae maven Barbara Rye to mobilise this research with the help of #WAHerbarium recruit Charlotte Ely.

Project funded via an Australian Biological Resources Study grant. More to come! #Taxonomy

Today we bid farewell to the monotypic Western Australian genus Corynanthera (represented by C. flava), which has been transferred to Micromyrtus by #Myrtaceae stalwarts Barbara Rye and Peter Wilson https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/science/nuytsia/1040.pdf

I recently photographed this species in Watheroo National Park with Charlotte Ely, who made the first collection for #WAHerbarium since 2005 #Botany #Taxonomy #AustralianPlants

#Introduction. Greetings from SW Australia where it’s easy to get overwhelmed by breath-taking biodiversity. I’m a plant taxonomist at #WAHerbarium, currently synthesizing >2 decades of work on the #Triggerplant family #Stylidiaceae for #FloraofAustralia, with a phylogenomic framework coming down the pike. Tooting mostly about #AustralianPlants, #Botany, #Taxonomy, #Herbaria and #Conservation