Goodenia brunnea

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia brunnea Carolin

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Goodenia grandiflora Sims (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): NT, SA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), Chen_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (3), SAH_2022 (2), SAH_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 27 traits from 54 records in 10 datasets.

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

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (5-5 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Chen_2017; SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; SAH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (30-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 2.5 cm (1-3 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (2); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (3); subshrub (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (1); erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnyyyyyyn (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ovoid_elongated (2); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.8-0.8 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	16	19	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2023	13	15	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	5	5	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.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
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/.
SAH_2022	2	2	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Sjostrom_2006	1	1	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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.