Goodenia krauseana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to part of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending herb densely covered with silvery bristles, and has lance-shaped leaves at the base, sometimes with a few teeth on the edges, and small groups of yellow flowers with a brownish centre.
| Goodenia krauseana | |
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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. krauseana
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia krauseana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Goodenia nana K.Krause nom.illeg. | |
Description edit
Goodenia krauseana is a prostrate to ascending herb densely covered with silvery bristles, and has stems up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. It has lance-shaped leaves at the base, 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide, sometimes with a few teeth near the tip. The flowers are arranged in small groups up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long, with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 8–60 mm (0.31–2.36 in) long. The sepals are linear to elliptic, 2–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long, the petals yellow with a brownish base, 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) in diameter.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming edit
This goodenia was first formally described in 1912 by Kurt Krause who gave it the name Goodenia nana,[4][5] but that name was illegitimate because it had already been used (by Willem Hendrik de Vriese for a plant now known as a synonym of Goodenia humilis R.Br.).[6] In 1980, Roger Charles Carolin changed the name to Goodenia krauseana in the journal Telopea.[7][8] The specific epithet (krauseana) honours Krause who revised the family Goodeniaceae in Das Pflanzenreich.[7]
Distribution and habitat edit
This goodenia grows on rocky hills in the Eastern Goldfields and Great Victoria Desert regions of Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status edit
Goodenia krauseana is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b "Goodenia krauseana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia krauseana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "Goodenia krauseana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Goodenia nana K.Krause". APNI. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Krause, Kurt; Engler, Adolf (ed.) (1912). "Goodeniaceae". Das Pflanzenreich :Regni Vegetablilis Conspectus. 54: 80. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
{{cite journal}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Goodenia nana de Vriese". APNI. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C (1980). "New species and new combinations in Goodeniaceae and Campanulaceae". Telopea. 2 (1): 64. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia krauseana". APNI. Retrieved 26 February 2021.