Goodenia
Goodenia ovata
Scientific classification Edit this 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[2]
List
    • 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.[3][4][5]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Goodenia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Goodenia Sm. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  3. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. ^ Jeanes, Jeff A. "Goodenia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. ^ Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Goodenia". APNI. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b 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.
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