Goodenia chthonocephala

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Goodenia chthonocephala
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. chthonocephala
Binomial name
Goodenia chthonocephala

Goodenia chthonocephala is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of the Northern Territory. It is a small, annual, cushion-like herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves and groups of flowers held at ground level.

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Description

Goodenia chthonocephala is a small, cushion-like annual herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves at the base, up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long and 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. The flowers are sessile arranged in leaf axils in heads at ground level. The sepals are linear, about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long, the petals reddish when dry and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and lack wings. Flowering has been observed in July and the fruit is an elliptic capsule about 3 mm (0.12 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia chthonocephala was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material collected by Peter Latz on Cox River Station in 1977. [4] The specific epithet (chthonocephala) means "earth-head", referring to the groups of flowers at ground level. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows is only known from the type collection in a damp situation on Cox River Station in the north of the Northern Territory. [2] [3] [5]

Conservation status

Goodenia chthonocephala is classified as "data deficient" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 . [5]

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References

  1. "Goodenia chthonocephala". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia chthonocephalata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 563. doi: 10.7751/telopea19904905 . Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. "Goodenia chthonocephala". APNI. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Goodenia symonii". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 May 2021.