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Goodenia goodeniacea

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia goodeniacea (F.Muell.) Carolin

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Catosperma goodeniacea Krause (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catosperma goodeniaceum Baill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catosperma muelleri Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Catospermum goodeniaceum (F.Muell.) Baill. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catospermum goodeniaceum (F.Muell.) Druce (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catospermum goodeniaceum (F.Muell.) Krause (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Catospermum muelleri Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Scaevola goodeniacea F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (13), Chen_2017 (5), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (13), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 23 traits from 45 records in 9 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): 7.5 mm (5-10 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 6 mm (4-8 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 54.5 mm (8-100 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 32.25 mm (9-50 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); ovate (2); rhomboidal (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): prostrate (2); rosette (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyynnnn (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
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.
NTH_2023913D. 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/.
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.
NTH_202244D. 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_198133B. 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/.
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.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
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.