Goodenia cycloptera

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia cycloptera R.Br.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)

Goodenia grandiflora var. nicholsonii (F.Muell.) K.Krause (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia mitchellii Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia mitchellii Benth. var. mitchellii (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia mitchellii f. subrotunda Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia mitchellii var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia nicholsoni F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia nicholsonii F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia sp. (Bedourie R.W.Purdie 1444) (taxonomic synonym)

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

Goodenia heterochila F.Muell. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (5), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (15), ANBG_2019 (5), Chen_2017 (5), Crowley_2007 (2), Draper_2023 (3), Fonseca_2000 (5), Kew_2019_1 (1), Leishman_1992 (7), Munroe_2019 (1), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (20), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (5), Nano_2011 (2), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (22), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Soliveres_2012 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (4), WAH_2023_2 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 148 records in 27 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): fire_killed (1); resprouts (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011; White_2020]

flower morphology

flower_colour (categorical): red_brown (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_height (numerical): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
fruit_colour (categorical): black (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 312.95 mm2 (158.9-467 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992]
leaf_length (numerical): 67.08 mm (15-110 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 11.12 mm (7-15 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 18 mg (18-18 mg) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 116.28 g/m2 (116.28-116.28 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); obovate (3); spathulate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (3); toothed_dentate (3); toothed_serrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (4); lobed_deep (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; NTH_2023; SAH_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (10) [sources: ABRS_2022; Fonseca_2000; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; Soliveres_2012; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): annual (5); biennial (1); perennial (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (4); rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NTH_2022; SAH_2023; WAH_2022_2]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); wind (2) [sources: Draper_2023; Soliveres_2012; White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnnnn (1); nnnnnnyyyynn (1); nnnnnnyyyyyn (1); yyyyyyyyyyyy (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; WAH_1998; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: Leishman_1992]
bud_bank_location (categorical): bud-bearing_root (2); rhizome (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 6.07 mg (2.42-8.04 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Leishman_1992]
seed_length (numerical): 3.8 mm (1.6-6 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_1981]
seed_width (numerical): 3.7 mm (1.4-6 mm) [sources: ANBG_2019; ABRS_1981]
seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); globoid (1); globoid_flattened (1); orbicular (1); winged (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; ANBG_2019; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.25 m (0.1-0.4 m) [sources: Leishman_1992; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
SAH_2023	16	22	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/.
NHNSW_2023	15	20	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/.
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
ABRS_2023	11	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.
Leishman_1992	7	7	M. R. Leishman and M. Westoby. “Classifying plants into groups on the basis of associations of individual traits-Evidence from Australian semi-arid woodlands”. Journal of Ecology 80 (1992), pp. 417-424. doi: 10.2307/2260687.
ABRS_1981	3	5	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/.
ANBG_2019	5	5	Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
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.
Fonseca_2000	5	5	C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
NTH_2023	5	5	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
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.
NHNSW_2022	4	4	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/.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
WAH_2022_2	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.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.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	3	3	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/.
Soliveres_2012	3	3	S. Soliveres, D. J. Eldridge, F. Hemmings, and F. T. Maestre. “Nurse plant effects on plant species richness in drylands: The role of grazing, rainfall and species specificity”. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 14 (2012), pp. 402-410. doi: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.09.003.
Crowley_2007	2	2	G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Kew_2019_1	1	1	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Munroe_2019	1	1	S. E. M. Munroe, F. A. McInerney, J. Andrae, N. Welti, G. R. Guerin, E. Leitch, T. Hall, S. Szarvas, R. Atkins, S. Caddy-Retalic, and B. Sparrow. “The Photosynthetic Pathways of Plant Species Surveyed in Australia's National Terrestrial Monitoring Network”. Scientific Data 8 (2021), p. 97. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00877-z.
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.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.
WAH_2023_2	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.