Biology:Goodenia xanthosperma
| Yellow-seeded goodenia | |
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| Near Zanthus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. xanthosperma
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia xanthosperma F.Muell.[1]
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Goodenia xanthosperma, commonly known as yellow-seeded goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to southern inland Western Australia. It is a prostrate herb with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with purplish markings.
Description
Goodenia xanthosperma is a prostrate herb that typically grows to a height of 1–15 cm (0.39–5.91 in) with stems up to 80 cm (31 in) long. The leaves at the base of the plant are elliptic to egg-shaped, 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in) long and 13–30 mm (0.51–1.18 in) wide, with toothed or lobed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 800 mm (31 in) long on a peduncle up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles up to 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 2–25 mm (0.079–0.984 in) long. The corolla is yellow with purplish markings, about 15 mm (0.59 in) long, the lower lobes 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from May to October.[3][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia xanthosperma was first formally described in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by Jess Young.[4][5] The specific epithet (xanthosperma) means "yellow-seeded".[6]
Distribution
This goodenia grows in sandy soil on sandplains in the drier areas of southern inland Western Australia.[3][2]
Conservation status
Goodenia xanthosperma is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Goodenia xanthosperma". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/92231.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Goodenia xanthosperma". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7565.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Carolin, Roger C.. "Goodenia xanthosperma". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Goodenia%20xanthosperma.
- ↑ "Goodenia xanthosperma". APNI. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/514748.
- ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1876). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. 10. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 12–13. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7227#page/12/mode/1up. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 341. ISBN 9780958034180.
Wikidata ☰ Q17480104 entry
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