Goodenia daviesii, commonly known as hairy velleia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the Goodeniaceae family and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is an annual herb with lyre-shaped, pinnatifid leaves and lilac to white flowers.
| Goodenia daviesii | |
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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. daviesii
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia daviesii | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Velleia daviesii F.Muell. | |
Description
editGoodenia daviesii is a softly-hairy, yellowish annual herb. The leaves are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, lyre-shaped pinnatifid, and up to 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long and 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) wide. The flowers are borne on an erect flowering stem 200–400 mm (7.9–15.7 in) high with leaf-like bracteoles, the lower ones up to 40 mm (1.6 in) long. The sepals are joined at the base to form a short tube, the lower lobes up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long. The petals are lilac to white, up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December and the capsule is oval and contains more or less speherical seeds about 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
editThis species was first formally described in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Velleia daviesii in his Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae, from a specimen collected by Jess Young "near Ularing".[5][6] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd and others transferred it to the genus Goodenia, based on nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial data.[7] The specific epithet (daviesii) honours Charles Davies.[8]
Distribution
editGoodenia daviesii grows in scrub and steppe grassland in the Coolgardie, Great Sandy Desert and Murchison bioregions of inland Western Australia.[2]
Conservation status
editHairy velleia is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Goodenia daviesii". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Goodenia daviesii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia daviesii". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. (1967). "The Genus Velleia Sm". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 92 (1): 34–35. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ "Velleia daviesii". APNI. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1876). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 10. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ Kelly Anne Shepherd; Brendan J Lepschi; Eden A Johnson; Andrew G Gardner; Emily B Sessa; Rachel S Jabaily (7 July 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. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 7360637. PMID 32733134. Wikidata Q98177294.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 178. ISBN 9780958034180.