Goodenia sepalosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending herb with narrow oblong to lance-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.
| Goodenia sepalosa | |
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| Near Broome | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. sepalosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia sepalosa | |
Description
editGoodenia sepalosa is a prostrate to ascending herb that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in), and has hairy foliage. The leaves on the stems are narrow oblong to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long and 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes sometimes up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. The sepals are narrow elliptic to egg-shaped, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long, the corolla yellow, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long with wings 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from April to July.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editGoodenia sepalosa was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] The specific epithet (sepalosa) means "abounding in sepals".[6]
Bentham described two varieties of G. sepalosa and in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin described a third. The names of two varieties are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
Distribution
editThis goodenia grows in sandy soil in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the northern part of the Northern Territory.[2][3][10] Variety glandulosa is only known from the collection made by Norman Byrnes near Derby in 1967.[9]
Conservation status
editGoodenia sepalosa is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife and of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.[3][10] Variety glandulosa is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[11] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Goodenia sepalosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia sepalosa". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b c "Goodenia sepalosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Goodenia sepalosa". APNI. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 72. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 305. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Goodenia sepalosa var. glandulosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia sepalosa var. sepalosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 556–557. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Goodenia sepalosa". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia sepalosa var. glandulosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 27 April 2021.