Goodenia robusta

Woolly goodenia
Goodenia robusta in the Flinders Ranges
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. robusta
Binomial name
Goodenia robusta
Synonyms[1]

Goodenia geniculata var. robusta Benth.

Habit in the Flinders Ranges


Goodenia robusta, commonly known as woolly goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect or ascending perennial herb with crowded, hairy, elliptic to narrow oblong leaves at the base of the plant, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia robusta is an erect to ascending perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in). The leaves at the base of the plant are hairy, crowded, elliptic to narrow oblong, 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long and 8–20 mm (0.31–0.79 in) wide, often with wavy edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 250 mm (9.8 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, about 5 mm (0.20 in) long and the corolla is yellow and about 15 mm (0.59 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to January and the fruit is an elliptic capsule, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Woolly goodenia was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis and given the name Goodenia geniculata var. robusta.[5][6]

In 1912, Kurt Krause raised the variety to species status as G. robusta in Das Pflanzenreich.[7][8] In 1990, Roger Charles Carolin selected the specimens collected in the Marble Range by Johann Wilhelmi as the lectotype.[9] The specific epithet (robusta) means "robust".[10]

Distribution and habitat

Goodenia robusta grows in mallee and woodland in the south-east of South Australia and in the Little and Big Deserts of Victoria.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Goodenia robusta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Jeanes, Jeff A. "Goodenia robusta". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia robusta". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Goodenia robusta". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Goodenia geniculata var. robusta". APNI. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 63. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Goodenia robusta". APNI. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. ^ Krause, Kurt (1912). "Goodeniaceae". Das Pflanzenreich. 54: 53–54. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  9. ^ Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 532. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  10. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 296. ISBN 9780958034180.