Goodenia

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.[2][3][4]

Goodenia
Goodenia ovata
Scientific classification
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[1]

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.[5][6] The name Goodenia honours Bishop of Carlisle Samuel Goodenough, a member of the Linnean Society of London at the time.[6][2]

Distribution

Most species of Goodenia are endemic to Australia but G. konigsbergeri is endemic to Southeast Asia.[7] G. armstrongiana,[8] G. purpurascens[9] and G. pumilio[10] extend to New Guinea and G. pilosa extends to the Philippines.[11] Species of Goodenia are found in all states, including in arid and semi-arid areas.[12]

References
  1. "Goodenia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. Jeanes, Jeff A. "Goodenia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. "Goodenia". APNI. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. Smith, James Edward (1793). A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland. London: J. Sowerby. pp. 15–16. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. "Goodenia konigsbergeri". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. "Goodenia armstroniana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  9. "Goodenia purpurascens". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  10. "Goodenia pumilio". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  11. "Goodenia pilosa". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. "Goodenia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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