Goodenia connata, commonly known as cup velleia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is found in all mainland states and territories of Australia.[2][3] It is a glabrous annual herb with a rosette of leaves at the base, and ascending flowering stems with yellow, brownish-yellow or white flowers, often with mauve markings.
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| Velleia connata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. connata
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Description edit
Goodenia connata is a glabrous annual herb with finely toothed to lyre-shaped pinnatipartite leaves 50–200 mm (2.0–7.9 in) long and 14–80 mm (0.55–3.15 in) wide. The flowers are borne on a glabrous, erect flowering stem 150–600 mm (5.9–23.6 in) tall, the bracteoles joined to form a cup 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) in diameter, each flower on a pedicel 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long. The flowers are yellow, brownish-yellow or white, often with mauve markings. The sepals are joined at the base forming a tube 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, the lower lobes of the corolla are 9–11 mm (0.35–0.43 in) long with short, narrow wings. Flowering mainly occurs from September to January and the fruit is a compressed oval capsule 8 mm (0.31 in) long.[4][5]
Taxonomy edit
This species was first formally described in 1854 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Velleia connata in Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria, from specimens collected near the junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee Rivers.[6][7] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd transferred the species to Goodenia as G. connata in the journal PhytoKeys.[1][8]
Distribution and habitat edit
Goodenia connata occurs in all continental Australian mainland states and territories. In New South Wales it is widespread in arid and semi-arid regions in the west of that state.[5] In Victoria it is found in the far north-west on sand dunes.[9] In South Australia in grows on sandy soils usually in mulga or triodia grassland and has a widespread but disjunct distribution.[4] It grows on rocky ranges or hills in the southern half of the Northern Territory[10] and in the Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison and Pilbara bioregions of inland Western Australia.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Goodenia connata". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "Goodenia connata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Velleia connata – Occurrence records". The Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Velleia connata". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia connata". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Velleia connata". APNI. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1854). "Definitions of rare or hitherto undescribed Australian plants, chiefly collected within the boundaries of the colony of Victoria". Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Victoria. 1: 18. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ Shepherd, Kelly Anne; Lepschi, Brendan J.; Johnson, Eden A.; Gardner, Andrew G.; Sessa, Emily B.; Jabaily, Rachel S. (2020). "The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification". PhytoKeys (152): 88. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.152.49604. PMID 32733134.
- ^ Walsh, Neville G. "Goodenia connata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "Goodenia connata". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 15 March 2024.