Goodenia konigsbergeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is a creeping stoloniferous herb with egg-shaped to spatula-shaped leaves and solitary pale yellow and white flowers.
| Goodenia konigsbergeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. konigsbergeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia konigsbergeri | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Selliera koningsbergeri Backer | |
Description
editGoodenia konigsbergeri is a creeping herb with stems up to 50 cm (20 in) long, forming stolons 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) apart along the stems. The leaves are arranged in a rosette at the base of the plant and along the stems and are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to spatula-shaped, 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long and 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) wide, on a petiole 5–40 mm (0.20–1.57 in) long. The leaves are slightly fleshy, pale green and have a few scattered teeth on the edges. The flowers are 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long and arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long, the corolla pale yellow and white, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to August and the fruit is a slightly flattened spherical capsule about 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in diameter.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
editThis goodenia was first formally described in 1913 by Cornelis Andries Backer who gave it the name Selliera konigsbergeri in the Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg.[3][4] In 1916, Isaäc Boldingh changed the name to Goodenia konigsbergeri in Zakflora voor der Landouwstreken op Java.[1]
Distribution and habitat
editGoodenia konigsbergeri grows as a weed of dry rice-field at altitudes from sea level to an altitude of 400 m (1,300 ft) in Cambodia, Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Goodenia konigsbergeri". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Leenhouts, Pieter Willem; van Steenis, Cornelius G.G.J. (ed.) (1950). Flora Malesiana. Djakarta: Noordhoff-Kolff. p. 337. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
{{cite book}}:|first2=has generic name (help) - ^ "Selliera konigsbergeri". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Backer, Cornelis A. (1913). "Descriptions of some new species". Bulletin du Jardin botanique de Buitenzorg. 12: 36. Retrieved 26 February 2021.