Goodenia caroliniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a perennial herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with toothed edges and the narrower end toward the base, and erect flowering stems up to 50 cm (20 in) high and 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. caroliniana
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Description
editGoodenia caroliniana is a more or less glabrous perennial herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with toothed edges and the narrower end toward the base, 30–180 mm (1.2–7.1 in) long and 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) wide. The flowers are borne on an ascending to erect flowering stem up to 500 mm (20 in) long with bracteoles up to 15 mm (0.59 in) long at the base. The lower sepal is heart-shaped, and the petals are 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long and hairy, with wings 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide almost to the base of the lower sepal. Flowering mainly occurs from August to April and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule containing seeds 1.0–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editThis species was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name Velleia lyrata in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd and others transferred it to the genus Goodenia but the name G. lyrata was unavailable as it was preoccupied by a species described by Roger Charles Carolin.[5] Shepherd named the new species G. caroliniana in honour of Carolin.[6]
Distribution and habitat
editGoodenia caroliniana grows in damp heath on sandy soil mainly near Sydney, but also in Queensland.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Goodenia caroliniana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia lyrata". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia lyrata". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Velleia lyrata". APNI. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Goodenia lyrata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 March 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.