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Goodenia geniculata

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia geniculata R.Br.

Synonyms: 3 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Goodenia geniculata R.Br. var. geniculata (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Goodenia geniculata var. primulacea (Schltdl.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Goodenia primulacea Schltdl. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA, Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Angevin_2011 (6), Cheal_2017 (8), Chen_2017 (5), Cross_2009 (3), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (3), Morgan_2011_1 (5), Munroe_2019 (1), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (18), Schmidt_1993 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (1), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (20), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 60 traits from 149 records in 23 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
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (2); monoecious (1) [sources: Jordan_2001; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 10 mm (10-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 7 mm (7-7 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 257.24 mm2 (257.24-257.24 mm2) [sources: Angevin_2011]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 65 mm (30-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 88.52 g/m2 (62.54-101.9 g/m2) [sources: Angevin_2011; Cross_2009; Williams_2011]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.23 g/g (0.23-0.23 g/g) [sources: Angevin_2011]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): linear (3); oblanceolate (3); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (3) [sources: Munroe_2019; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; Angevin_2011; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (8) [sources: Cheal_2017; Cross_2009; Jordan_2001; Morgan_2011_1; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); erect (1); rhizomatous (1); rosette (1); stoloniferous (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; SAH_2023]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): evergreen (1) [sources: TMAG_2009]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1); ectomycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_1993; Williams_2011]
  • parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (2) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • pollination_system (categorical): biotic_unspecialised (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (2); myrmecochory (2); zoochory (1) [sources: Angevin_2011; Draper_2023; Morgan_2011_1; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnyyy (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (2); yyyyyyyyyyyy (1) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): long_persistent (1); persistent (1) [sources: Cheal_2017; White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): vegetative (2) [sources: Morgan_2011_1; White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stolon (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • storage_organ (categorical): rhizome (1) [sources: SAH_2023]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 2.44 mg (1.72-2.99 mg) [sources: Angevin_2011; Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); ellipsoid_flattened (1); winged (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202020M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
SAH_20231618S. 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/.
RBGV_20231417VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231113Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
TMAG_20091012Tasmanian Herbarium. Flora of Tasmania Online. 2009. url: http://www.tmag.tas.gov.au/floratasmania.
Williams_20111010R. P. Duncan, S. E. Clemants, R. T. Corlett, A. K. Hahs, M. A. McCarthy, M. J. McDonnell, M. W. Schwartz, K. Thompson, P. A. Vesk, and N. S. G. Williams. “Plant traits and extinction in urban areas: a meta-analysis of 11 cities”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20.4 (2011), pp. 509-519. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00633.x.
Cheal_201788D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
Jordan_200177G. 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.
Angevin_201166T. Angevin. “Species richness and functional trait diversity response to land use in a temperate eucalypt woodland community”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2011.
Chen_201755Chen, 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.
Morgan_2011_155J. Morgan. “Unpublished data: Grassy woodland traits, La Trobe University”. 2011.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_202244S. 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_202233Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cross_200933E. Cross. “The characteristics of natives and invaders: A trait-based investigation into the theory of limiting similarity.”. Honours. La Trobe University, 2009.
Draper_202333J. 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.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
ABRS_198122B. 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_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Munroe_201911S. 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.
Schmidt_199311S. Schmidt. “Unpublished data: Compilation of mycorrhizal status data, University of Queensland”. 1993.
Sjostrom_200611A. 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_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.