Goodenia tenuiloba

Goodenia tenuiloba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. tenuiloba
Binomial name
Goodenia tenuiloba

Goodenia tenuiloba is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to ascending herb with linear to oblong leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia tenuiloba is an erect to ascending herb that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in) with sparsely hairy foliage. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to oblong, 15–60 mm (0.59–2.36 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, sometimes with lobes up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long and 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 250 mm (9.8 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long. The corolla is yellow, the lower lobes 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long with wings 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide, the upper lobes sometimes almost white. Flowering mainly occurs from May to September.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia tenuiloba was first formally described in 1885 by Ferdinand von Mueller in the journal Southern Science Record from specimens collected "in the vicinity of Mt. Hale (C. Crossland)".[4][5] The specific epithet (tenuiloba) means "thin-lobed".[6]

Distribution

This goodenia grows in scrub mainly in the Pilbara region.[2][3]

Conservation status

Goodenia tenuiloba is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Goodenia tenuiloba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia tenuiloba". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Goodenia tenuiloba". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Goodenia tenuiloba". APNI. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  5. ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1885). "Definitions of some new Australian plants". Southern Science Record. 1: 25–26. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780958034180.