AusTraits

Goodenia pumilio

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia pumilio R.Br.

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Goodenia pumila B.D.Jacks. (orthographic variant)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (17), Chen_2017 (5), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (16), Rice_1991 (1), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 25 traits from 53 records in 10 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): 2.25 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: Chen_2017; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 19.75 mm (6-40 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 6.5 mm (3-10 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): oblanceolate (2); obovate (1); spathulate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): attenuate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (2); toothed (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Rice_1991; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): annual (2) [sources: NTH_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): dense (1); prostrate (1); rosette (1); stoloniferous (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; ABRS_2023; NTH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nnnyyyynnnnn (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 0.2 mm (0.2-0.2 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 0.3 mm (0.2-0.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): discoid (1); orbicular (1); ovoid (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.06 m (0.06-0.06 m) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231517Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231316D. 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.
Rice_199111B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Growth form of Kakadu plant species, Macquarie University”. 1991.
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.