Coopernookia barbata

Explore the data for this taxon in the portal

Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Coopernookia barbata (R.Br.) Carolin

Synonyms: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)

Goodenia barbata R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Goodenia cistiflora Carolin (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia cistifolia A.Cunn. ex DC. (taxonomic synonym)
Scaevola scaberula Summerh. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW, Vic, Tas (presumed extinct)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (18), ANBG_2019 (6), Chen_2017 (7), Clarke_2015 (1), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), McGlone_2015 (6), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (21), NSWFRD_2014 (3), RBGV_2022 (3), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (4), TMAG_2009 (15), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (18), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 50 traits from 143 records in 21 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): resprouts (2) [sources: Clarke_2015; NSWFRD_2014]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); red_brown (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: Chen_2017; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 27.5 mm (10-50 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_width (numerical): 3.55 mm (1-8 mm) [sources: McGlone_2015; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (4); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (3); toothed (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): revolute (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (5) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); subshrub (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (1) [sources: Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (3); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022]
leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; TMAG_2009]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (5) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 4.29 mg (3.07-5.51 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 4.31 mm (3.16-5 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Chen_2017; Jordan_2001; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
seed_width (numerical): 2.56 mm (2.13-3 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; Jordan_2001]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (3); ovoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 1 m (1-1 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; McGlone_2015; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NHNSW_2023	13	21	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	14	18	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_2023	14	18	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
White_2020	18	18	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
TMAG_2009	12	15	Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Chen_2017	7	7	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
Jordan_2001	7	7	G. J. Jordan. “An investigation of long-distance dispersal based on species native to both Tasmania and New Zealand”. Australian Journal of Botany 49.3 (2001), pp. 333-340. doi: 10.1071/bt00024.
ANBG_2019	6	6	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
McGlone_2015	6	6	M. S. McGlone, S. J. Richardson, G. J. Jordan, and G. L. Perry. “Is there a `suboptimal' woody species height? A response to Scheffer et al.”. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30.1 (2015), pp. 4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.09.007.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2022	3	3	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	3	3	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
RBGV_2022	3	3	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_1981	2	2	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Clarke_2015	1	1	P. J. Clarke, M. J. Lawes, B. P. Murphy, J. Russell-Smith, C. E. Nano, R. Bradstock, N. J. Enright, J. B. Fontaine, C. R. Gosper, I. Radford, J. J. Midgley, and R. M. Gunton. “A synthesis of postfire recovery traits of woody plants in Australian ecosystems”. Science of The Total Environment 534 (2015), pp. 31-42. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.002.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_2000	1	1	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.