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Goodenia lanata

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia lanata R.Br.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Goodenia geniculata var. lanata (R.Br.) Rodway (nomenclatural synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Goodenia hederacea Sm. (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): Vic, Tas

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Cheal_2017 (2), Chen_2017 (5), Draper_2023 (3), Jordan_2001 (7), Kew_2019_1 (1), Mokany_2015 (2), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (18), Sjostrom_2006 (1), TMAG_2009 (12), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (21), Williams_2011 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 54 traits from 108 records in 17 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): 6.5 mm (6-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Chen_2017; RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Jordan_2001]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 1649.34 mm2 (1649.34-1649.34 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2015]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 45 mm (10-80 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (2); ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed_deep (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023; TMAG_2009]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (2) [sources: White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (6) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2022; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • life_form (categorical): hemicryptophyte (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (5) [sources: ABRS_2022; Jordan_2001; RBGV_2022; TMAG_2009; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; RBGV_2022; White_2020]
  • 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) [sources: 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 (1); myrmecochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020; Williams_2011]
  • dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023; White_2020]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnnyyy (1); yyynnnnnyyyy (1); yyynnyyyyyyy (1) [sources: Chen_2017; TMAG_2009; White_2020]
  • seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): stolon (1) [sources: Williams_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.86 mg (1.86-1.86 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.88 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001; ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: Jordan_2001]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
White_20202121M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
RBGV_20231418VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
ABRS_20231114Australian 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.
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.
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.
ABRS_202244Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
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.
Cheal_201722D. 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.
Mokany_201522K. Mokany, J. J. Thomson, A. J. J. Lynch, G. J. Jordan, and S. Ferrier. “Linking changes in community composition and function under climate change”. Ecological Applications 25.8 (2015), pp. 2132-2141. doi: 10.1890/14-2384.1.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_198111B. 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/.
Kew_2019_111Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
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.