Goodenia phillipsiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading, glabrous shrub with oblong to linear stem leaves and thyrses of yellow flowers.
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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. phillipsiae
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| Goodenia phillipsiae | |
Description
editGoodenia phillipsiae is an erect to spreading suffruticose, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in). It has thick, oblong to linear leaves on the stems, up to 40 mm (1.6 in) long and 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in thyrses up to about 200 mm (7.9 in) long, with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long. The sepals are elliptic to lance-shaped, about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals yellow, 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long and densely bearded at the base. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 6 mm (0.24 in) long with wings up to 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide. Flowering occurs around November.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
editGoodenia phillipsiae was first formally described in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from a specimen collected by Mary E. Phillips 19 mi (31 km) east of Ravensthorpe in 1962.[3][5] The specific epithet (phillipsiae) honours the collector of the type specimens.[3]
Distribution
editThis goodenia is only known from the type location.[2]
Conservation status
editGoodenia phillipsiae is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[4] meaning that is rare or near threatened.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Goodenia phillipsiae". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia phillipsiae". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ a b c Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 548–549. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Goodenia phillipsiae". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Goodenia phillipsiae". APNI. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 31 March 2021.