Goodenia havilandii, commonly known as hill goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the drier parts of southern Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending, short-lived herb with sticky leaves and racemes of yellowish flowers with a brown centre.
| Hill goodenia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. havilandii
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia havilandii | |
Description edit
Goodenia havilandii is a prostrate to ascending herb with stems up to 40 cm (16 in) long, densely covered with sticky glandular hairs. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped, sometimes with teeth on the edges, 20–90 mm (0.79–3.54 in) long and 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long. The sepals are elliptic, about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long, the corolla yellowish with a brown centre, 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long with a few hairs on the inside. The lower lobes of the corolla are 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long with wings 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) in diameter.[2][3][4][5][6]
Taxonomy edit
Goodenia havilandii was first formally described in 1913 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[7][8] The specific epithet (havilandii) honours Archdeacon Francis Ernest Haviland (1859–1945), an amateur botanist.[9] In 1990, Roger Carolin selected the specimens collected by Haviland near Cobar in 1911 as the lectotype.[10]
Distribution and habitat edit
This goodenia in drier areas of southern Australia, from the inland areas of New South Wales to the southern Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia.[2][3][4][5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Goodenia havilandii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Goodenia havilandii". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia havilandii". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia havilandii". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Goodenia hassallii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Goodenia havilandii". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia havilandii". APNI. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Maiden, Joseph H.; Betche, E. (1913). "Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. No. 18". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 38 (4): 250–251. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.13560. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 551. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 10 February 2021.