Goodenia gibbosa

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Goodenia gibbosa
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In the MacDonnell Ranges
Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. gibbosa
Binomial name
Goodenia gibbosa

Goodenia gibbosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to central Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying, often stoloniferous herb covered with soft hairs. It has elliptic to lance-shaped leaves and small groups of yellow flowers.

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Description

Goodenia gibbosa is a prostrate to low-lying herb covered with soft hairs and has stems up to 40 cm (16 in) long. It has elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, at the base of the plant and at the end of stolons. The leaves are 50–80 mm (2.0–3.1 in) long and 4–14 mm (0.16–0.55 in) wide and coarsely-toothed. The flowers are arranged in small groups with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 40–80 mm (1.6–3.1 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, the petals yellow, 12–17 mm (0.47–0.67 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with wings 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from May to October and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in diameter. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia gibbosa was first formally described in 1980 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material he collected near the southern end of the Dean Range in the Northern Territory in 1967. [3] [7] The specific epithet (gibbosa) means "swollen" or "pouched", referring to the ovary. [8]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in sandy soil on dunes and is widely distributed in the drier areas of the Northern Territory, Western Australia and South Australia. [2] [4] [6] [5]

Conservation status

Goodenia gibbosa is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife [5] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat [9] but as of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Goodenia gibbosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia gibbosa". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C (1980). "New species and new combinations in Goodeniaceae and Campanulaceae". Telopea. 2 (1): 68. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Goodenia gibbosa". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Goodenia gibbosa". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  6. 1 2 3 "Goodenia gibbosa". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  7. ↑ "Goodenia gibbosa". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  8. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 205. ISBN   9780958034180.
  9. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
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