Goodenia

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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  • Aillya de Vriese
  • Antherostylis C.A.Gardner
  • Balingayum Blanco
  • Boutonia Steud. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Calogyna T.Post & Kuntze orth. var.
  • Calogyne R.Br.
  • Catosperma Benth. orth. var.
  • Catospermum Benth.
  • Collema W.Anderson ex R.Br.
  • Distylis Gaudich.
  • Euthales R.Br.
  • Goodenia sect. Tetrathylax G.Don
  • Goodenia sect. Tetrathylax Carolin orth. var.
  • Goodenoughia Voss
  • Menoceras (R.Br.) Lindl.
  • Menoceras Steud.
  • Monochila Spach
  • Neogoodenia C.A.Gardner & A.S.George
  • Pentaptilon E.Pritz.
  • Picrophyta F.Muell
  • Selliera Cav.
  • Stekhovia de Vriese
  • Symphyobasis K.Krause
  • Tetraphylax de Vriese orth. var.
  • Tetrathylax (G.Don) de Vriese
  • Velleia Sm.
  • Verreauxia Benth.

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.

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, now known as Scaevola ramosissima. The name Goodenia honours Bishop of Carlisle Samuel Goodenough, a member of the Linnean Society of London at the time.

Species list

See List of Goodenia species

Distribution

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

References

References

  1. "''Goodenia''". Australian Plant Census.
  2. "Goodenia Sm. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science".
  3. "''Goodenia''". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria.
  4. "''Goodenia''". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
  5. "''Goodenia''". APNI.
  6. (1793). "A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland". J. Sowerby.
  7. "''Scaevola ramosissima''". Australian Plant Census.
  8. "''Goodenia''". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra.
  9. "''Goodenia konigsbergeri''". Plants of the World Online.
  10. "''Goodenia armstroniana''". Plants of the World Online.
  11. "''Goodenia purpurascens''". Plants of the World Online.
  12. "''Goodenia pumilio''". Plants of the World Online.
  13. "''Goodenia pilosa''". Plants of the World Online.
  14. {{FloraBase

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