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Goodenia kakadu
Goodenia kakadu is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a prostrate herb with narrow oblong leaves in rosettes on stolons, and small dark red flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. DescriptionGoodenia kakadu is a prostrate herb with stems up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. The leaves are narrow oblong, up to 3 mm (0.12 in) wide, arranged in rosettes on stolons. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel up to 12 mm (0.47 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 0.5–1.5 mm (0.020–0.059 in) long, the corolla dark red and up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The lobes of the corolla are equal, about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and lack wings. Flowering mainly occurs from April to May and the fruit is more or less spherical capsule up to 0.4 mm (0.016 in) in diameter.[2][3][4] Taxonomy and namingGoodenia kakadu was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material collected in 1980 in Kakadu National Park by Lyndley Craven.[3][5] The specific epithet (kakadu) is a reference to the type location.[3] Distribution and habitatThis goodenia grows in shady, seasonally inundated areas in the northern parts of the Northern Territory.[2][3] Conservation statusGoodenia kakaduis classified as "data deficient" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.[4] References
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