Goodenia

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Goodenia
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Goodenia ovata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Sm. [1]
Species

About 200; See List of Goodenia species

Synonyms [2]
List
    • Aillya de Vriese
    • AntherostylisC.A.Gardner
    • Balingayum Blanco
    • Boutonia Steud. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Calogyna T.Post & Kuntze orth. var.
    • Calogyne R.Br.
    • Catosperma Benth. orth. var.
    • CatospermumBenth.
    • CollemaW.Anderson ex R.Br.
    • Distylis Gaudich.
    • EuthalesR.Br.
    • Goodenia sect. Tetrathylax G.Don
    • Goodenia sect. Tetrathylax Carolin orth. var.
    • Goodenoughia Voss
    • Menoceras(R.Br.) Lindl.
    • MenocerasSteud.
    • MonochilaSpach
    • Neogoodenia C.A.Gardner & A.S.George
    • PentaptilonE.Pritz.
    • PicrophytaF.Muell
    • SellieraCav.
    • Stekhoviade Vriese
    • Symphyobasis K.Krause
    • Tetraphylaxde Vriese orth. var.
    • Tetrathylax(G.Don) de Vriese
    • VelleiaSm.
    • VerreauxiaBenth.

Goodenia is a genus of about two hundred species of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae. Plants in this genus are herbs or shrubs, mostly endemic to Australia. The leaves are variably-shaped, the flowers arranged in small groups, with three or five sepals, the corolla bilaterally symmetrical and either fan-shaped with two "lips" or tube-shaped. The petals are usually yellow to white, the stamens free from each other and the fruit a capsule. [3] [4] [5]

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Taxonomy

The genus Goodenia was first formally described in 1793 by James Edward Smith in his book A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland and the first species he described was G. ramosissima, [6] [7] now known as Scaevola ramosissima . [8] The name Goodenia honours Bishop of Carlisle Samuel Goodenough, a member of the Linnean Society of London at the time. [3] [7]

Species list

See List of Goodenia species

Distribution

Most species of Goodenia are endemic to Australia but G. konigsbergeri is endemic to Southeast Asia. [9] G. armstrongiana , [10] G. purpurascens [11] and G. pumilio [12] extend to New Guinea and G. pilosa extends to the Philippines. [13] Species of Goodenia are found in all states, including in arid and semi-arid areas. [14]

Related Research Articles

<i>Scaevola</i> (plant) Genus of flowering plants in the Goodenia family

Scaevola is a genus of flowering plants in the Goodenia family, Goodeniaceae. It consists of more than 130 species, with the center of diversity being Australia and Polynesia. There are around 80 species in Australia, occurring throughout the continent, in a variety of habitats. Diversity is highest in the South West, where around 40 species are endemic.

<i>A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland</i> Book by James Edward Smith

A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, also known by its standard abbreviation Spec. Bot. New Holland, was the first published book on the flora of Australia. Written by James Edward Smith and illustrated by James Sowerby, it was published by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795. It consists of 16 colour plates of paintings by Sowerby, mostly based on sketches by John White, and around 40 pages of accompanying text. It was presented as the first volume in a series, but no further volumes were released.

<i>Goodenia ovata</i> Species of plant

Goodenia ovata, commonly called the hop goodenia, is a species of flowering plant and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with sticky, often varnished foliage, toothed egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and racemes or thyrses of yellow flowers.

<i>Goodenia hederacea</i> Species of flowering plant

Goodenia hederacea, commonly known as forest goodenia or ivy goodenia, is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending, perennial herb with linear to elliptic or round leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers.

<i>Scaevola ramosissima</i> Species of shrub

Scaevola ramosissima, commonly known as the purple fan-flower or snake flower is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south eastern Australia. It has wiry, horizontal branches and purple fan-shaped flowers.

<i>Coopernookia</i> Genus of flowering plants

Coopernookia is a plant genus of six species of small perennial shrubs that are all endemic to Australia. They have hairy, often sticky leaves, and flowers with bilateral symmetry.

<i>Scaevola calendulacea</i> Species of plant

Scaevola calendulacea commonly known as dune fan-flower, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, mat-forming shrub with blue fan-shaped flowers with a yellow centre and grows on sand dunes in eastern and southern Australia.

<i>Goodenia heterophylla</i> Species of flowering plant

Goodenia heterophylla is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect to trailing, more or less woody herb or shrub with linear to egg-shaped stem-leaves and racemes or thyrses of yellow flowers.

<i>Scaevola collaris</i> Species of shrub

Scaevola collaris is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae and its native range is five mainland states/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.

<i>Goodenia bellidifolia</i> Species of plant

Goodenia bellidifolia, commonly known as daisy goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, perennial herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, spikes or thyrses of lemon-yellow to orange flowers, and oval to more or less spherical fruit.

<i>Goodenia benthamiana</i> Species of plant

Goodenia benthamiana, commonly known as small-leaf goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an aromatic undershrub with stem-clasping, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed edges, and yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils, with leaf-like bracteoles at the base.

<i>Goodenia fasciculata</i> Species of plant

Goodenia fasciculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It an ascending shrub with bunched, narrow linear stem leaves and spikes of white flowers.

Goodenia goodeniacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern, inland Australia. It a prostrate herb with toothed, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, and thyrses of yellow flowers with purplish lines.

<i>Goodenia holtzeana</i> Species of plant

Goodenia holtzeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern parts of the Northern Territory. It is a prostrate to ascending or erect annual plant with egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem-leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers with brownish markings.

<i>Goodenia lunata</i> Species of plant

Goodenia lunata, commonly known as stiff goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to inland Australia. It is a ascending or low-lying herb with linear to egg-shaped leaves, small racemes of yellow flowers, and more or less spherical fruit.

<i>Goodenia macbarronii</i> Species of plant

Goodenia macbarronii, commonly known as narrow goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect perennial herb with adventitious roots, toothed, lance-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Goodenia pascua is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is an ascending to erect herb with bristly hairs, and with narrow elliptic to lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers.

<i>Goodenia pilosa</i> Species of plant

Goodenia pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and to parts of Asia. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with erect hairs, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with a purplish base.

<i>Goodenia pusilliflora</i> Species of plant

Goodenia pusilliflora, commonly known as small-flower goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to drier parts of southern Australia. It is a low-lying to ascending herb with oblong to egg-shaped leaves with toothed or lyrate edges, and racemes of small yellow flowers.

References

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  7. 1 2 Smith, James Edward (1793). A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. London: J. Sowerby. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. "Scaevola ramosissima". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  9. "Goodenia konigsbergeri". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. "Goodenia armstroniana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. "Goodenia purpurascens". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. "Goodenia pumilio". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  13. "Goodenia pilosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  14. "Goodenia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.