Goodenia perfoliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a small area of New South Wales. It is a mostly glabrous, perennial herb with erect flowering stems, lance-shaped leaves with sometimes deeply-toothed edges, and yellow flowers with bracteoles joined to form a disc-like funnel.
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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. perfoliata
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia perfoliata | |
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| Occurrence data for Goodenia perfoliata from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Velleia perfoliata Carolin | |
Description
editGoodenia perfoliata is a glabrous, perennial herb with erect or ascending flowering stems up to 50 cm (20 in) long. Its leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 100–250 mm (3.9–9.8 in) long and 25–60 mm (0.98–2.36 in) wide, sometimes with deeply-toothed edges. The flowers are borne on the flowering stem with bracteoles fused to each other, forming a disc-like funnel up to 80 mm (3.1 in) in diameter. The lower sepal is broadly elliptic, up to 8 mm (0.31 in) long, and the petals are yellow, 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and hairy mostly only on the outside, with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide, almost to the base of the lower sepal. Flowering mainly occurs in spring, and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter, containing a seed about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter with a narrow wing.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
editThis species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Velleia perfoliata in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[5][6] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd and others transferred it to the genus Goodenia as G. perfoliata in Australian Systematic Botany.[7][8]
Distribution and habitat
editGoodenia perfoliata grows in open forest from near Wisemans Ferry and the Colo River to the upper Hunter Valley, in New South Wales.[2][3]
Conservation status
editThis species is listed as "vulnerable" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the New South Wales Government Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Goodenia perfoliata". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia perfoliata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ a b c Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia perfoliata". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. (1967). "The Genus Velleia Sm". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 92 (1): 54–55. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ "Velleia perfoliata". APNI. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. London. p. 581. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
- ^ Kelly Anne Shepherd; Brendan J Lepschi; Eden A Johnson; Andrew G Gardner; Emily B Sessa; Rachel S Jabaily (7 July 2020). "The concluding chapter: recircumscription of Goodenia (Goodeniaceae) to include four allied genera with an updated infrageneric classification". PhytoKeys. 152: 88. doi:10.3897/PHYTOKEYS.152.49604. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 7360637. PMID 32733134. Wikidata Q98177294.
- ^ "Goodenia perfoliata". APNI. Retrieved 7 May 2024.