Goodenia perfoliata

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia perfoliata (R.Br.) K.A.Sheph.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Velleia perfoliata R.Br. (nomenclatural synonym)
Velleya perfoliata Roem. & Schult. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (4), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (15), Chen_2017 (5), NHNSW_2014_2 (2), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (14), NSWFRD_2014 (12), SPRAT_2025_2 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 31 traits from 70 records in 12 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) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

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_type (categorical): capsule (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 153.33 mm (100-250 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SPRAT_2025_2]
leaf_width (numerical): 40 mm (25-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SPRAT_2025_2]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (2); narrowly_obovate (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; Wenk_2022]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): myrmecochory (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
dispersers (categorical): ants (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (1); nnnnnnnnyyyy (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: NSWFRD_2014]

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; NHNSW_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (1); orbicular (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
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.
NHNSW_2023	12	14	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/.
NSWFRD_2014	11	12	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
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.
SPRAT_2025_2	3	5	F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
ABRS_1981	4	4	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/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	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.
ABRS_2022	3	3	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	3	3	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/.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	2	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.