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  <title>FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora</title>
  <link>http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/news/</link>
  <description>
    Western Australian Herbarium (1998-). FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora. Department of Environment and Conservation.
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   <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  <copyright>Copyright 2008 Western Australian Herbarium, Department of Environment and Conservation.</copyright>
  <managingEditor>Alex.Chapman@dec.wa.gov.au</managingEditor>
  <webMaster>florabase@dec.wa.gov.au</webMaster>
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  	<title>
  	   <![CDATA[August PotM: <i>Cochlospermum fraseri</i>]]>
  	</title>
  	<link>http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/potm/</link>
  	<description>
  	   <![CDATA[The Kapok Bush or as it is sometimes called, the Kapok Tree, is
  	   an open tree/shrub 2&ndash;6m high, that is often leafless during its
  	   flowering period in the dry season.]]>
  	</description>
  	<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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     <title>
	<![CDATA[2008 flora stats published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/statistics/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The latest authoritative stats on species names in use in WA, and a baseline count of the number of cryptogams tracked in the Census of Western Australian Plants.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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  	<title>
  	   <![CDATA[<i>Tecticornia bibenda</i> a 'Top 10' species]]>
  	</title>
  	<link>http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080523163054.htm</link>
  	<description>
  	   <![CDATA[<a href="http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/31677"><i>Tecticornia bibenda</i></a> -- a succulent plant in WA that resembles the 'Michelin Man' -- has been recognised as one of the "Top 10" new species described in 2007.]]>
  	</description>
  	<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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  	<title>
  	   <![CDATA[Why dryandras changed their name]]>
  	</title>
  	<link>http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/articles/</link>
  	<description>
  	   <![CDATA[A brief explanation of the reasoning behind the merging of <i>Dryandra</i> and <i>Banksia</i>.]]>
  	</description>
  	<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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  	<title>
  	   <![CDATA[Over 800 new descriptions added]]>
  	</title>
  	<link>http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/advanced</link>
  	<description>
  	   <![CDATA[Since 1993, coded descriptive data has been captured and maintained for every taxon in WA.  In the last year 812 queryable descriptions have been added or updated.]]>
  	</description>
  	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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  	<title>
  	   <![CDATA[Bumper year for naming new plants]]>
  	</title>
  	<link>http://www.naturebase.net/content/view/3280/797/</link>
  	<description>
  	   <![CDATA[Environment Minister notes that scientists named a record number of new species and varieties of Western Australian plants in 2007.]]>
  	</description>
  	<pubDate>Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Scientific Plant Names Dictionary]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/downloads/dictionary]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[Version 2.0 of an authoritative listing to aid with the correct spelling of WA's scientific plant names within common word processing software.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA['SoS' Nuytsia edition published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/nuytsia/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The Minister for Environment and Climate Change launched a special <i>Saving our Species</i> edition of Nuytsia in which 95 WA plants - many of which may be vulnerable to future mining activities - are scientifically named.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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     <title>
	<![CDATA[Nuytsia 16(2) published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/nuytsia/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The final part of Nuytsia Volume 16 was published, containing ten papers and four short communications on the taxonomy of <i>Agonis</i> and segregates, new species and keys to <i>Cryptandra</i> and <i>Stenanthemum</i> and a review of the grass genus <i>Puccinellia</i>, amongst others.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
  	<title>
  	   <![CDATA[Botanical Glossary upgraded]]>
  	</title>
  	<link>http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/help/glossary</link>
  	<description>
  	   <![CDATA[The FloraBase glossary of botanical terms, first published online in v2.5 has been refined to more comprehensively link terms and referenced taxa.]]>
  	</description>
  	<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Minister launches Interactive Keys]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/keys/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The Minister for Environment and Climate Change launches our latest innovation &mdash; online identification tools &mdash; in the new FloraBase 2.5.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[New Churchill Fellow: Ray Cranfield]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.churchilltrust.com.au/category.php?id=58#WA]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[To study historical lichen collections and community participation in lichen surveys and collections - UK, Sweden.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[2007 flora stats published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/statistics/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The latest authoritative stats on species names in use in WA, and a baseline count of the number of cryptogams tracked in the State Census.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Nuytsia 16(1) published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/nuytsia/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The first part of Nuytsia Volume 16 was published on 20 December 2006. It contains twenty-two papers on the taxonomy of sections of <i>Stylidium</i>, <i>Eriochilus</i>, <i>Goodenia</i> and other genera including publication of the new daisy genus <i>Rhetinocarpha</i>.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[New Herbarium Curator]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/people/?sid=246]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[Dr Kevin Thiele began duties as the new head of the WA Herbarium on Wednesday 4 October 2006.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Science Division's Database Server upgraded]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The database server upgrade of Tuesday 3 October has been successful, and a number of minor issues corrected subsequently.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[New version of FloraBase released]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/about]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[Version 2.1.3, released today contains a significant upgrade to the usability of plant names currency information, and improved browser compatibility for the new Phylogeny Browser.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Phylogeny Browser now available]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/phylogeny/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[A new interactive tool for the exploration of relationships between orders and families of flowering plants, with links to FloraBase genera and species and three authoritative external sites.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[2006 Flora Statistics published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/statistics/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The latest authoritative stats on species names in use in WA, and for the first time a baseline count of the number of cryptogams tracked in the State Census.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[WA Plant Census List released]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/max/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The latest update to the Census of Western Australian Plants contains 19,729 species-level records and 828 family records, including significant numbers of new entries for the algae, bryophyte and lichen flora.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Major new revision of <i>Senecio</i>]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?genus=senecio&reference=2005&current=y&type=sum]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[Seven newly recognised species and four new subspecies of Western Australian <i>Senecio</i> have recently been described.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[14000 species descriptions reached]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/advanced]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[Since 1993 taxonomic descriptions of Western Australia's vascular flora have been captured and maintained in a sophisticated standards-based database environment and provides simple interactive identification in FloraBase.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[49 specimen updates in WAHERB]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/news/specimens2006-01-16.php]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[49 herbarium specimens were examined by specialists and  were re-determined or had their taxonomic identity confirmed.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2006 02:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[114 WA plants published in 2004]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/search/advanced?reference=2004&current=y&type=sum]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[114 new or recircumscribed WA plant taxa were documented in scientific journals during 2004, including 34 conservation taxa.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
  <item>
     <title>
	<![CDATA[Marine Plants Project launch]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/marineplants/project]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The innovative Marine Plants Project was offically launched by the Minister for the Environment. It provides ready access to authoritative current names for WAs 1,000 marine species and access to some 20,000 specimens.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
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     <title>
	<![CDATA[Further new taxa in <i>Dryandra</i>]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/nuytsia/search.php?title=dryandra&published_date=2005]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[Six new taxa in the endemic WA genus <i>Dryandra</i> published by A.S. George in the journal Nuytsia, including one new species and five subspecies and varieties.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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     <title>
	<![CDATA[Nuytsia 15(3) published]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://science.dec.wa.gov.au/nuytsia/issues.php]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[The final part of Nuytsia Volume 15 was published on 16 December 2005. It contains fourteen papers on the taxonomy of sections of <i>Drosera</i>, <i>Dryandra</i>, <i>Eucalyptus</i> and other genera including publication of the new myrtaceous genus <i>Astus</i>.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
  </item>
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     <title>
	<![CDATA[Five years of Woodland Watch]]>
     </title>
     <link><![CDATA[http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/wwatch/]]></link>
     <description>
	<![CDATA[A project to restore and protect the Wheatbelts eroded bush has found even the most degraded land to be rich with previously undiscovered species.]]>
     </description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 12:00:00 +0800</pubDate>
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