Goodenia | |
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Goodenia ovata | |
Scientific classification
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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] | |
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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]
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]
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]
Goodenia | |
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Goodenia ovata | |
Scientific classification
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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
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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]
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]
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]