Goodenia leiosperma is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is an ascending to low-lying herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem-leaves and racemes of yellow flowers.
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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. leiosperma
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia leiosperma | |
Description edit
Goodenia leiosperma is an ascending to low-lying herb that has stems up to 60 cm (24 in). It has egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves arranged along the stem, 50–100 mm (2.0–3.9 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide and ephemeral leaves at the base. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 400 mm (16 in) long with leaf-like bracts , each flower on a pedicel 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long. The sepals are linear, 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long, the corolla yellow, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 6–7.5 mm (0.24–0.30 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from February to June and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming edit
Goodenia leiosperma was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from specimens collected by George Chippendale south of Darwin in 1961.[4][5]
Distribution and habitat edit
This goodenia grows in forest in the Victoria River district and Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.[2][3]
Conservation status edit
Goodenia leiosperma is classified as "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Goodenia leiosperma". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia leiosperma". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Goodenia leiosperma". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 558–559. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia leiosperma". APNI. Retrieved 1 March 2021.