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Goodenia purpurea

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia purpurea (F.Muell.) Carolin

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Calogyne hians O.Schwarz (taxonomic synonym)
  • Calogyne purpurea F.Muell. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): NT

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (2), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (19), Chen_2017 (5), Crowley_2007 (2), NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (17), Nano_2011 (2), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 26 traits from 56 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.

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 3.5 mm (3-4 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 88.75 mm (10-180 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 8.75 mm (2-14 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_oblong (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): auriculate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1); unlobed (1) [sources: 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 (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2); prostrate (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; NTH_2022]
  • flowering_time (categorical): nyyyyynnnnnn (2) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017]
  • bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Crowley_2007; Nano_2011]
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2 mm (2-2 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981; ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): ellipsoid (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NTH_2023]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 0.35 m (0.35-0.35 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
ABRS_20231419Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
NTH_20231217D. 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.
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.
NTH_202233D. 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_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/.
Crowley_200722G. Crowley, M. Gardener, and M. Marrinan. Tropical savannas fire response database. 2007. url: [www.landmanager.org.au](www.landmanager.org.au).
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.
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.