Goodenia viridula is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Queensland. It is an erect undershrub with linear leaves and spikes of greenish-yellow flowers.
| Goodenia viridula | |
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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. viridula
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia viridula | |
Description
editGoodenia viridula is an erect undershrub that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in) and has many branches, the foliage covered with cottony hairs when young. The leaves are linear, 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) long and 0.5–1.1 mm (0.020–0.043 in) wide with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged in spikes up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long and have leaf-like bracts and bracteoles 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The flowers are sessile with egg-shaped sepals 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) long. The petals are greenish-yellow and 4–9 mm (0.16–0.35 in) long, the lower lobes of the corolla 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long with wings about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide. Flowering occurs from November to May.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editGoodenia viridula was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from a specimen collected by Lindsay Stuart Smith and Selwyn Lawrence Everist near Jericho in 1940.[3][4] The specific epithet (viridula) means "greenish", referring to the colour of the corolla.[3]
Distribution
editThis goodenia grows in open woodland and heath and is only known from near Jericho in Queensland.[2][3]
Conservation status
editGoodenia viridula is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Goodenia viridula". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia viridula". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ a b c d Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 525. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia viridula". APNI. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
- ^ "Species profile —Goodenia viridula". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 22 May 2021.