Goodenia rotundifolia

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia rotundifolia R.Br.

Synonyms: 6 (APC 2026-07-30)

Goodenia rotundifolia R.Br. var. rotundifolia (nomenclatural synonym)
Goodenia rotundifolia var. glaberrima R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia rotundifolia var. hirsuta Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia rotundifolia var. pubescens R.Br. (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia rotundifolia var. typica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Goodenia strongylophylla F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (3), ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (14), Chen_2017 (5), Kew_2019_1 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (15), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), White_2020 (19), Wright_2000 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 84 records in 13 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: White_2020]

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_length (numerical): 6 mm (5-7 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): capsule (3) [sources: Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Wright_2000]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (2) [sources: Chen_2017; Wright_2000]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2023; Wright_2000]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 14 mm (8-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
petiole_length (numerical): 1 cm (1-1 cm) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): obovate (2); orbicular (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_crenate (2); toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: White_2020]
plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022; White_2020]
life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (2); prostrate (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: White_2020]
parasitic (categorical): not_parasitic (1) [sources: White_2020]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): insect (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): zoochory (1) [sources: White_2020]
dispersers (categorical): invertebrates (1) [sources: White_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): yyynnnnnyyyy (1); yyyyynnnyyyy (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; NHNSW_2014_2; White_2020]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): persistent (1) [sources: White_2020]
vegetative_reproduction_ability (categorical): not_vegetative (1) [sources: White_2020]

seed morphology

seed_dry_mass (numerical): 1.23 mg (0.84-1.5 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1]
seed_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_1981]
seed_shape (categorical): ovoid_elongated (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.5-0.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
plant_physical_defence_structures (categorical): absent (1) [sources: White_2020]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
White_2020	19	19	M. White, S. Sinclair, and D. Frood. Victorian Vital Attributes Database. database. Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Victoria, 2020.
NHNSW_2023	12	15	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/.
ABRS_2023	11	14	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Wright_2000	10	10	I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
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.
ABRS_2022	4	4	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	4	4	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/.
ABRS_1981	2	3	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/.
Kew_2019_1	1	3	Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_2	3	3	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.
Sjostrom_2006	1	1	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.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.